_Pelidna pusilla._
_Tringa pusilla_, +Wils.+ pl. 37.
_Pelidna pusilla_, +Cuv.+
[105] Length 5³⁄₄ inches, expanse 11¹⁄₂, flexure 3⁸⁄₁₀, tail 1¹⁄₂,
rictus ⁷⁄₁₀, tarsus ⁸⁄₁₀, middle toe ⁸⁄₁₀. Intestine 11 inches, two
cæca ³⁄₄ inch long.
About the end of the year, this little species becomes numerous in the
open morasses, associating in flocks of about half a dozen, which run
swiftly over the boggy and wet soil, as the other Sandpipers do.
Out of the same flock I found some, both males and females, which
had the beak considerably broader and flatter than others; some also
have the feet blackish, and others clay-colour. In other respects the
specimens were undistinguishable.
I found in the stomach comminuted animal matter, and fragments of
shells.