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Gkxus TRINGA Lixx-Brs. 



Middle tail feathers longer and more pointed than the rest; tarsus longer 

 than the middle toe and claw; exposed culmen not longer than the tarsus, and less 

 than half as long as the tail (Sub-genus Ado dronias); wing more than 4.50; rump and 

 tail coverts plain brownish black : shaft of all tlie quills white for a portion of its 

 length. Adult male: General color above sandy rufous streaked with black down the 

 centre of the feathers ; lesser wing coverts dull brown ; primary coverts blackish; crown 

 of head bright sandy rufous streaked with black ; lores and a distinct eyebrow white 

 with a narrower streak of blackish; under surface of bod}- white; the chin unspotted; 

 the throat and fore neck tinged with rufous and minutely spotted. Female similar. 

 Winter: Much browner than the summer plumage without the rufous except on the 

 head Young: With more rufous on the upper parts than the old birds. Length 7.75, 

 wing 5.10, tail 2.10, culmen .90, tarsus 1.20, middle toe i.io. HalK Far north, breed- 

 ing in .Alaska, migrating soutli. Oahu," Maui, Lavsau. 



47. T. acuminata ' (Housi. ). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 



GKxrs HETERACTITIS Stkjxkckh. 



(reueral color at). ire unijonu ash-greyisli with slightlv indicated ligliter martj-ins; 

 na.sal grooves more tlian half as long as the exposed culmen; lower back, rump and 

 upper tail coverts purer grey; wing coverts like the back; lores blackish. Winter: 

 Under surface of the body white with asli-grey shade over the fore neck and chest; sides 

 of flanks and chest also ash}' grey. Female similar. Summer: Above plain brownish 

 gray varied with dusky; lower parts white tinged with grayish on the fore neck; fore 

 heck streaked; rest of lower parts barred with dusk}-. }7)ung: i\.bove brownish gre-\-, 

 the feathers margined M'ith buff or pale ochraceous and finely mottled transversely with 

 greyish. Length 10.50-12.00, wing 6.40-6.75, tail 2.90-3.00, culmen i. 50-1. 70, tarsus 

 1. 25-1. 32, toes 1. 25-1. 30. //al). Pacific coast of America, southward, wide-ranging. 

 Hawaiian Islands. 

 PI. XXV. . 9159. 48. H. incanus (G.MKL.). Wandering Tatler, Ulili. 



Gexus JylMO'SA P.Ri.s.sox. 



Wing without white patch ; with the tail distinctly barred; upper tail coverts 

 white with brownish or dusky markings ; under parts, head and neck plain cinnamon 

 color; general- color over the back blackish mottled with chestnut red; wing coverts 

 greyish varied with dusky shaft streaks and whitish margins. JVinter: Head, neck 

 and lower parts whitish, darkest on the chest, streaked with duskv about the head and 

 neck; breast and sides of body with a few shaft streaks and bars of brownish o-rey. 



25 The Museum's specimen of T. acnmiuata wn^ taken l>y Mr. .\. F. Judcl in Moanalua valley near Tlonolulu. I have examined a specimen 

 taken on Maui by Brother Matthias which is nou- in the St. Louis College cabinet. Ur. richauiiislatid includes it in his list from Laysan. 

 29 Triuga ante) icana, Cass., is added bv Dr. Schauiijsland's list of birds from Lavsan : also T. maadata, Vieill, from Hawaii (Hensh.l 



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