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7. TRINGA, Linnaeus. SANDPIPERS. 



* Bill, tarsus, and middle toe with claw, of about equal length. 



(Actodromas.) 



\ Upper tail coverts (except the lateral series) black or dark 

 brown ; throat with an ashy or brownish suffusion and 

 dusky streaks. 



1. T. minutilla, Vieill. LEAST SANDPIPER. PEEP. 

 Smallest of the Sandpipers, resembling JEreunetes, but 

 the feet different; L. 6; W. 3; T. 2. N. Am., abundant. 



2. T. bairdii, (Coues) Scl. BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. Colors 

 of preceding but larger; throat but little streaked; L. 7 

 to 7; W. 4f ; T. 2; B. . America, rare E. of the 

 Mississippi R. 



3. T. maculata, Vieill. PECTORAL SNIPE. JACK SNIPE. 

 GRASS SNIPE. Crown unlike neck; throat ashy-shaded 

 and sharply streaked; L. 9; W. 5; B. 1^. N. Am., 

 abundant. 



ft Upper tail coverts white, with or without dusky marks ; throat 

 sharply streaked, with little if any ashy suffusion. 



4. T. fusc/cof//Sf Vieill. WHITE -RUMPED SAND- 

 PIPER. L. 7; W. 4f ; T. 2. E. U. S., abundant along 

 the coast. 



** Bill, tarsus, and middle toe, obviously not of equal length. 

 \ Tarsus shorter than middle toe ; tibiae feathered. (Arquatella.) 



5. T. marHima, Brtinnich. PURPLE SANDPIPER. Ashy 

 black with purplish reflections; feathers with pale edg- 

 ings; lower parts, etc., mostly white; bill nearly straight; 

 L. 9; W. 5; T. 2f; B. !. Atlantic Coast. 



ft Tarsus not shorter than middle toe ; tibiae bare below. 

 a. Bill slightly decurved, much longer than tarsus. (Pelidna.) 



6. T. alpina (L.) var. americana, Cass. AM. DUNLIN. 

 Ox- BIRD. BLACK -BELLI ED SANDPIPER. Chestnut 

 brown above; feathers black centrally; belly, in summer, 



