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K13Y TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



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Tringa maculala. 

 Tail and upper tail coverts 



Pectoral Sandpi)icr. 



IVill, in'iiily strai^lit; l)acK, marked with tawny 

 breast with numerous narrow, brown streaks ; n 

 srcondjirlcs (dinost ( iiiirdij vliite ; lower rump 

 and upper tail coverts, black; the foatlici 

 more (ir less tiiiped witli hull : two middl' 

 tail feathers longer than the others. 



Tri>i(/a maculatd. Pectoral Sandpiper 

 Grass Bird. 



See No. 1 



and l)laek ; 



Die of huirr 



Triniia niaciilata. 



!t:5. 



Jiill, nearly straiglil; back, dark; feathers, 

 edged with asliy or l)uft'; breast, grayish, witliouL 

 brown streaks; one or more ol' inner seeon(biries 

 almost entirely wlilte; legs and feet, yellow in life, 

 pale brown in dried skin. 



Tringa maritima. Purple Sandpiper. 

 See Xo. 1J12. 



Purple Sandi)iper. 



Section 5. Toes, four, without web; bill, under 1.10. 



Upper tail coverts, white ; inner uel)S ^^5:--, 

 of i)riinaries, not speckled. 

 Tringa fusririi]Iis. 



White=rumped Sandpiper. O^^^- 

 See No. 194. ~'^' 



Tringa fuscioollis. 



Tringa fuscicoUis. 



