DOUGLAS'S STILT SANDPIPER. 



(Tringa Douglasii, Swainson and Richardson, North. Zool. 2. p. 

 379. pi. CG. [adult in summer plumage].) 



Sp. Charact. — Below brownish- white, banded with dusky-brown ; 

 tarsus about the length of the bill ; tail somewhat doubly-notched ; 

 ear feathers chestnut colored ; rump banded with black and white, 

 and the middle tail feathers with ferruginous; legs long, olive 

 color, the inner web of the toes smaller. — Winter plumage un- 

 known. 



According to Dr. Richardson, this species is not uncom- 

 mon in the fur countries of Upper Canada, to the 60th par- 

 allel, and perhaps still further north. It exhibits the usual 

 habits of the genus Tringa, frequents the interior marshes 

 in the breeding season, and in the autumn resorts in flocks 

 to the flat shores of Hudson's Bay, previous to taking its 

 departure for the south. 



The length of this species is said to be 10 inches 3 lines ; of the 

 bill above as well as from the rictus 1 inch 7^ lines : the tarsus 1 



