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rusty fulvous, irregularly uiarbled with black, the ornamental velvety flecks or papillae coarser antl 

 less pure white than in A. maritima ; head light fulvous, with markings as in A. raaritima; lower 

 parts distinctly fulvous laterally. Average measurements of 14 adults : Wing, 4.86 ; culmen, 1.13 ; 

 tarsus, .95 ; middle toe, .86. Hab. Aleutian Islands and contiguous coast of Alaska. 



3. A. ptilocnemis. Breeding-dress: Pileuni broadly streaked with ochraceous-buff ; scapulars 

 and interscapulars broadly bordered with bright ochraceous-rufous ; foreneck and jugulum pure 

 white, sparsely streaked with brownish gray ; breast white, streaked anteriorly, and clouded pos- 

 teriorly, with dusky, the latter forming more or less of a patch on each side. IFintcr dress: In 

 general character similar to the corresponding stage of A. maritima and A. Couesi, but very much 

 paler, the whole dorsal aspect being light cinereous, the scapulai-s and interscapulars with small, 

 nearly concealed, central spots, the wing-coverts A^ery broadly edged with pure white; jugulum 

 with white largely predominating. Young, first plumage : Similar to A. Couesi, but colors througli- 

 out much paler, the light borders to the feathers of the dorsal surface broader, the dark centres 

 correspondingly decreased. Cliick : Similar to that of A. Couesi, but paler, the dark streaks on the 

 lores not reaching to the eye. Average measurements of 13 adults: Wing, 5.16 ; culmen, 1.33 ; 

 tarsus, .98 ; middle toe, .90. Hab. Prybilof Islands, Alaska. 



Arquatella maritima. 



THE PUEPLE SANDPIPER. 



Tringa maritima, Brtjnn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 54. — G.mel. S. N. I. 1788, 678. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. 



II. 1831, 382. — NuTT. Man. II. 1834, 115. — Aun. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 558, pi. 284 ; Synop. 



1839, 233 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 261, pi. 330. — CassIxX, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 717. — Baird, 



Cat. IST. Am. B. 1859, no. 528. — CouES, Key, 1872, 255 ; Check List, 1873, no. 423 ; Birds N. W. 



1874, 488. 

 Arquatella maritima, PaoGW. Bull. Nutt. Oni. Club, V. July, 1880, 162 ; Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, 



no. 530. — CouES, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 620. 

 ? Tringa striata, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 248. 



Tringa undata, Brijnn. Oni. Bor. 1764, 55. — Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 678. 

 Tringa, nigrica7is, Mont. Linn. Tr. IV. 1796, 40. 

 Tringa canadensis, Lath. lud. Orn. Suppl. 1801, Ixv. 

 ? Tringa lincolnicnsis. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 734. 

 Tringa arquatella. Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. II. 1831, 190. 

 Tringa littoralis, Breum, Viig. Deutschl. 1831, 652. 



Hab. Northeastern portions of North America, breeding in the high north, and migrating 

 southward in winter to the Middle States, the Great Lakes, and the shores of the larger streams 

 in the Mississippi Valley. Bermudas ? Also, the northern portions of the Palaearctic Region. 



Winter plumage. 



Sp. Char. Adult, breeding-plumage : Above, dusky slate, the scapulars and interscapulars 

 nearly black, and faintly glossed, the edge of each feather notched or indented with ochraceous 

 or dull buff, the terminal portion bordered with dull white or pale buff ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and middle tail-feathers glossy dusky black, the feathers of the rump sometimes faintly bordered 

 Avith grayish ; remaining rectrices uniform grayish, A\-ith white shafts, the shade of gray becoming 



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