OF NORTH AMERICA. 65 
io. PURPLE SANDPIPER: 
at haere 
Tringa maritima. 
Predominating color of the bird which is 
generally known to sportsmen, is dark purple 
on upper parts and wings, the latter edged 
with white ; breast lighter, each feather edged 
with white. This color extends along under 
the wings, but the belly is pure white : legs 
and bill flesh-color, the latter with black tir . 
The adult breeding plumage is seldom seen, 
as the bird has a circumpolar range, coming 
South only in the autumn and winter. Their 
length is 9 inches, and extent about 16 inches. 
They are rarely seen before the first of Oc- 
tober, and confine themselves to the rocky 
beaches, so that only a few have ever seen 
them, and still fewer have shot them. 
There are two birds closely allied to this 
one, but they probably never come farther 
south than Alaska. I never saw one, and 
know nothing about them. ‘They are the 
Aleutian and Prybilof sandpipers. 
76. PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 
GRASS-BIRD. JACK-SNIPE. 
Tringa maculata. 
The color of the upper parts is a mixture 
of ashy and reddish markings on a dark brown 
ground; under parts white; breast and sides 
of neck dull hight brown, marked with streaks 
