BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 335 



amcrican pectoral Sanbpipcr, 



The American Pectoral Sandpiper (TV/;/^^^? acuininata pec- 

 ioralis, Say) is a rare straggling autumn migrant to the British 

 Islands, and inhabits Arctic America, reaching Southern 

 America in winter. The adult has the upper plumage 

 deep brown, the feathers having rusty and cream coloured 

 margins ; secondaries, dusky-black, slightly margined with 

 white ; upper tail-coverts and two centre rectrices, blackish; 

 remainder, greyish-brown, tipped with pale ochreous ; face 

 and throat, dullish white, with streaks of brownish ; upper 

 breast, whitish, tinged with brown, and closely streaked with 

 blackish ; under parts, white ; irides, dark hazel-brown ; 

 bill, orange-brown at base ; tip, dark brown ; legs and feet, 

 yellowish-brown. Length, about nine inches. The adult 

 sexes are alike. 



