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TRINGA SCHINZIL SCHINZ'S SANDPIPER. 



Tringa Schinzii. Bon. Synops. 249; Amer. Ornith. IV. 69. 



Sehinz's Sandpiper. Tringa Schinzii. Audub. Ornith. Biogr. III. 529. 



Tringa SchiDzii. Temm. Man. d' Ornith. IV. 40. 



Schinz's Sandpiper. Tringa Schinzii. Gould, Birds of Eur. 



Pelidna Schinzi. Bonap. Comp. List, 50. 



Bill about the length of the head, straight, with the 'point 

 slightly enlarged and rather obtuse; tail with the middle 

 feathers considerably exceeding the lateral, which are nearly 

 equal; tarsus eleven-twelfths long; bill and feet dusky. In 

 winter, brownish-black above, the feathers edged with yellowish- 

 grey, the scapulars with light red; first row of coverts greyish- 

 brown, tipped with white; rump white, tail light grey, medial 

 feathers brownish-black toward the end; fore neck and breast 

 greyish-white, with lanceolate brownish-black streaks. 



Male in Winter. — This species, of which one individual 

 is recorded as having been killed in England, is here 

 described from American specimens. The body is rather 

 slender ; the neck of moderate length ; the head oblong, 

 compressed, rounded above. Bill about the length of the 

 head, sub-cylindrical, compressed at the base, the point 

 slightly enlarged and rather obtuse ; the ridge narrow and 

 convex, broader and flattened toward the end ; the nasal 

 groove extending to near the tip. 



Nostrils basal, linear, pervious. Eyes rather small. Legs 

 rather long, slender ; tibia bare about a third of its length ; 

 tarsus covered before and behind with numerous scutella ; 

 hind toe extremely small ; the rest of moderate length, 

 slender, slightly margined with rather pointed scales, a very 

 slight basal membrane connecting the outer two; claws 



