16G TRINGIN.E. 



8. Tringa platyrhyncha. Flat-hilled Sandpiper. Bill half 

 as long again as the head, depressed at the base, tapering : 

 tail with the middle feathers considerably longer than the 

 lateral, which are nearly equal ; tarsus an inch long ; bill 

 reddish at the base, black toward the end ; feet greenish- 

 grey. In summer, the upper parts black, the feathers nar- 

 rowly edged with light red ; upper part of the head blackish- 

 brown, with two narrow light red bands ; fore part of neck 

 reddish-white, spotted with brown ; the rest of the lower 

 parts white, lateral tail-coverts white, with a dusky spot. 



9. Tringa minuta. Little Sandpiper. Bill about the 

 length of the head, straight, slender, scarcely enlarged at the 

 end ; tail doubly emarginate ; tarsus ten-twelfths long ; bill 

 and feet black, In winter, brownish-grey above, streaked 

 with dusky, the sides of the neck paler, of its lower part 

 tinged with brown ; lower parts white ; as are the lateral 

 tail- coverts. In summer, yellowish-red above, spotted with 

 brownish-black ; lower parts white ; lower anterior and lateral 

 parts of the neck reddish-grey, streaked with brown ; a dusky 

 loral band, and a whitish streak over the eye. 



10. Tringa Temminckii. Temminck' 's Sandpiper. Bill 

 shorter than the head, straight, slender, scarcely enlarged at 

 the end ; tail somewhat cuneate, the outer feathers being 

 shorter than the rest ; tarsus eight-twelfths long ; bill dusky ; 

 feet greenish-brown. In winter, deep brown above, streaked 

 with blackish-brown ; fore part of the neck and a portion of 

 the breast reddish-grey ; throat and lower parts white ; lateral 

 tail-feathers nearly white. In summer, the feathers of the 

 upper parts deep black, margined with red ; fore part of the 

 neck reddish-grey, finely streaked with black; throat and 

 lower parts white, as are the lateral tail-feathers. 



GENUS III. CALIDRIS. SAXDERLIXG. 



Bill of the length of the head, straight, slender, soft, and 

 somewhat flexible, with the ridge narrow, but flattened 

 toward the end, the nasal groove extending nearly to the 

 end, the tip a little enlarged, and obtuse. Nostrils small, 

 linear, pervious, basal, sub-marginal. Legs rather short, 



