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TRINGA PECTORALIS. THE PECTORAL 

 SANDPIPER. 



Pectoral Sandpiper. Tringa pectoralis.. And. Oruith. Biogr. III. 601 



V. 582. 

 Becasseau pectoral. Tringa pectoralis. Temm. Man. d'Ornith. IV. 397. 

 Tringa pectoralis. Pectoral Sandpiper. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. Anim. 210. 



Bill a sixth longer than the head, scarcely deflexed at the 

 end ; tail with the middle feathers pointed and much longer 

 than the lateral, of which three on each side are equal; tarsus 

 an inch and a twelfth and a half long ; bill olivaceous, dusky 

 toward the end; feet dull yellowish-green. In icinter, the 

 feathers of the upper parts greyish-brown, with a darker 

 medial streak, and pale brownish-grey margins ; the wing- 

 coverts lighter ; the rump dusky ; the primary quills blackish- 

 brown, the first icith its shaft white, the secondaries grey 

 edged with white, as are the tail-feathers, except the middle, 

 which are dusky toward the end; cheeks, sides, and fore part 

 of the neck, icith part of the breast and the sides of the body 

 greyish-white, streaked with dusky ; the chin and lower parts 

 white. In summer, the feathers of the upper parts brownish- 

 black, broadly margined with broionish-red ; the rump black ; 

 the wings and tail as in icinter; the cheeks, neck, and part 

 of the breast and sides brownish-grey , with larger streaks of 

 broivnish-black. 



Male in Winter. — This species, of which only three 

 individuals have been obtained in England, I describe from 

 American specimens, one of which was preserved in spirits, 

 and another presented to me by Mr. Audubon. The form is 

 ovate and compact, but rather slender ; the neck of moderate 

 length ; the head rather small, oblong, compressed, and 



