SANDPIPERS AND ALLIED SPECIES. 16o 



sides of the body, light reddish-yellow, streaked with brownish- 

 black ; the rest of the lower parts yellowish-white, quills 

 greyish-brown, their inner webs whitish, with transverse 

 curved lines and dots of black ; outer tail-feathers edged 

 with white, within which is a black line. 



4. Tringa maritima. Purple Sandpiper. Bill a little 

 longer than the head, slightly decurved at the end ; tail with 

 the middle feathers considerably longer, the three lateral on 

 each side nearly equal ; tarsus shorter than the middle toe ; 

 feet ochre-yellow. Upper parts glossy purplish-black ; in 

 Avinter, the feathers margined with light grey ; in summer, 

 margined with light red, and tipped with white. 



5. Tringa Cinclus. Dunlin Sandpiper. Bill a fourth 

 longer than the head, slightly decurved at the end ; tail 

 with the middle feathers considerably longer; tarsus an 

 inch long ; bill black ; feet very dark olive ; tail-coverts 

 dusky. In winter, brownish-grey above, streaked witli 

 dusky ; fore part of neck paler, similarly streaked ; throat, 

 breast, and abdomen white. In summer, yellowish-red 

 above, spotted with brownish-black ; fore part of neck 

 greyish-white, tinged with red, and distinctly spotted with 

 dusky ; a large patch of black on the breast. 



6. Tringa subarquata. Curleio -hilled Sandpiper. Bill 

 half as long again as the head, considerably decurved toward 

 the end ; tail with the middle feathers slightly longer ; tarsus 

 an inch and a quarter long ; bill black ; feet very dark 

 olive ; tail-coverts white. In winter, brownish-grey above, 

 streaked with dusky ; fore part of the neck greyish- white, 

 streaked with brownish-grey. In summer, light red above, 

 spotted with black ; fore part of neck bright yellowish-red, 

 faintly streaked with dusky ; tail-coverts spotted with brown 

 and red. 



7. Tringa Schinzii. Schinz's Sandpiper. Bill about the 

 length of the head, straight ; tail with the middle feathers 

 considerably longer ; tarsus eleven-twelfths long ; bill and 

 feet dusky. In winter, yellowish-grey above, streaked with 

 brownish-black, scapulars edged with light red ; tail-coverts 

 white ; fore-neck and breast greyish-white, with lanceolate 

 brownish-black streaks. 



