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Ventral aspect. A streak on either side the throat white ; 

 chin, remainder of the neck to the breast rusty yellow, with a 

 fine central streak of black in the centre of each feather, inter- 

 nally the neck feathers are white, the rusty yellow confined to the 

 distal halves; on each side of the breiist the inner feathers are 

 blackish brown tipped with chesnut ; belly and vent white ; thighs 

 feathered to the knees. 



2nd primary longest; 1st and 3rd subequal, the rest graduated. 

 Length 11 J inches; alar expanse 14 J inches; length ol the bill 

 from the angle of the mouth 2 inches 2 lines ; length of middle 

 toe 1 inch 6 lines. A very rare bird in this district, only met 

 within the extensive swamps on the southern shore of the St. 

 Lawrence so far as I am aware. 



Fam. II. Longirostres, 

 Genus Scolopax. 

 Gen. char. Bill longer than the head, more or less curved ; 

 thumb too short to assist in walking ; 1st and 2nd primaries usu- 

 ally longest with the axillary feathers usually elongated. 



Sub genus Calidris. 

 Sub gen. char. Bill moderately long, slender, straight, soft, 

 flexible, compressed at the base, depressed at the tip, flattened 

 and obtuse ; nostrils lateral, and longitudinally cleft ; legs slen- 

 der ; toes divided ; 1st primary longest. 



C. arenaria. Sanderling Plover. 



C. rnbidus of Wilson ! 



Charadrius calidris of Graelin and Brisson ! 



Tringa arenaria of Linnaeus ! 



Type of genus Arenaria of Bechstein I 



Type of genus Calidris of Vigors ! 



Calidris arenaria. Baird ! 

 v.s.p. Bill, legs and feet black ; irides dark hazel ; eggs 4, 

 dusky spotted with black. 



Dorsal aspect. Frontlet and side of the head white ; crown black 

 the feathers tipped with brownish white ; nuchal region cinere- 

 ous with linear darker streaks ; dorsal region, scapulars and small 

 wing coverts black, with four whitish spots on each feather ; on 

 the back the white spots have a yellow tinge ; rump feathers 

 brown faintly tipped with blackish brown ; lateral tail coverts 

 white ; centre ones brownish tipped with rufous ; upper row of 



