358 ACTITIS MACULARIA. 



4-^ ; tail 2 ; tarsus \± ; first toe -^V, its claw ^ : second toe 

 -j^, its claw -^g- ; third toe -f^, its claw -^ ; fourth toe -fe, 

 its claw -fiy. 



Female. — The female is similar to the male. 



Remarks. — This species is abundant in many parts of 

 North America, where it is migratory, and frequents the 

 margins of rivers and pools. Its habits, as described by the 

 ornithologists of that country, are similar to those of our 

 White-bellied Tatler, which it resembles so closely in form. 

 Individuals have been shot on the continent of Europe, and 

 a few are recorded to have been obtained in Britain — the first 

 in September, 1839. 



I have not met with it in any part of Scotland, and state- 

 ments as to its occurrence must generally be received with 

 doubt, as persons unacquainted with it are apt to mistake 

 for it the young of Tringa Cinclus, which have the lower 

 parts somewhat similarly spotted. It is, however, included 

 in the list of birds observed near Montrose, given in the 

 Statistical Account of Forfarshire. 



