No. 53. 

 Tringa alpina pacifica. 



Bill with slight downward bend; the two central feathers 

 of the tail a little longer than the others and more pointed ; the 

 bill and legs black. 



Summer plumage. Above cinnamon brown, or light reddish 

 brown, with elongated touches of black along the centres of the 

 feathers ; wings chiefly gray and dark brown, the feathers edged 



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No. 53. Summei- Plumage. 



and otherwise marked with white ; sides of head, the neck, and 

 breast, grayish white streakily marked with dusky ; throat white ; 

 reddish tone of upper parts extending in greater or less degree 

 up back of neck and over crown. Belly with large black blotch ; 

 remaining under parts white. 



Winter plumage. Above plain warm gray ; an indistinct 



