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U. S. p. E. R, EXP. AND SURVEYS —ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



List of specimens. 



Actodromas, K a u p .^ 

 TKINGA MACULATA, Vieill. 



Jack Snipe. 



Tringa maadala, Vieillot, Nouv. Did. XXXIV, 1819, 465. 



Tnnga pecloralis, Say, Long's Exped. I, J823, 171.— Bon. Am. Orn. IV, 1832, 43; pi. xxiii.— Nutt. Man. II, 111.— 

 AuD. Orn.Biog.III, 1835, 601 : V,582; pL 2'Jl.— Ib. Syn.233.— Ib. Birds Amor. V, 184-2, 259; pi. 3-29v 

 Tringa campesim, Lioht. Verz. 1823, 74, (not of Vieillot, 1819.) 



Figures.— Bonap. Am. Orn. IV, pi. 23, fig. 2.— And. B. of Am. pi. 294; oct. ed. V, pi. 329.— Gould B. of Eur. IV, pi. 327. 



Sp. Ch. — Bill rather longer than the head, compressed, slightly depressed and expanded at the tip; nasal groove long ; wings 

 long ; legs rather long , tibia with nearly its lower half naked ; toes fme at base, flattened underneath and slightly margined ; 

 tail rather short ; middle feathers pointed. Entire upper parts brownish black; all the feathers edged and tipped with ashy and 

 brownish red; rump and upper tail coverts black, some of the outer feathers of the latter edged with white. Line from the bill 

 over the eye ashy white ; throat, abdomen, under wing coverts, axillary feathers, and under tail coverts, white. Breast and neck 

 before ashy white; all the feathers darker at base, and with partially concealed lanceolate or pointed spots of brownish black. 

 Quills brownish black; shaft of fii'st primary white, of others brown; secondaries tipped aud edged with white; tortiaries edged 

 with dull reddish yellow. Bill and feet dark greenish black. Total length about 9 inches ; wing, 5i ; tail, 2^ ; bill to gape, 1 i ; 

 tarsus, 1 inch. 



Ilab. — The entire coasts of North America ; South America ; Europe. 



Of rather frequent occurrence on the coast of tlic Atlantic, and rearing its young in the 

 northern fcJtates of the Union. In the present collection also arc specimens from western North 

 America, and in the Museum of the Philadelphia Academy we find numerous examples from 

 various parts of South America. This bird is easily recognized by its spotted breast and the 

 light yellow of the basal portion of the bill. We have no doubt that the description and name 

 given by Vieillot, as above, apply to this species. 



This species has been ascertained to breed abundantly in Wisconsin by Professor T. Kiimlein, 

 an energetic cultivator of zoological science, now resident in that State. In the Museum of the 

 Philadelphia Academy, specimens from various countries of South America are in the winter 



^ Actodroma/, Kaui-, Sk. Ent. Europ. Thierw. 1829. Type Tringa minula, Leisi.eh. 



