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7. TRINGA, Liniueus. Sandpipeks. 



* Bill, tarsus, and middle toe with claw, of about equal length. 

 {Actodromas.) 



f Upper tail coverts (except the lateral series) black or dark 

 brown ; throat with an ashy or brownish suffusion and 

 dusky streaks. 



1. T. minuiilla, Vieill. Least Sandpiper. Peep. 

 Smallest of the Sandpipers, resembling Ereunetes^ but 

 the feet different; L. 6; W. 3-|; T. 2. N. Am., abundant. 



2. T. bairdii, (Coues) Scl. Baird's Sandpiper. Colors 

 of preceding but larger; throat but little streaked; L. 7 

 to 7i; W. 4f ; T. 2^; B. J. America, rare E. of the 

 Mississippi R. 



3. T. maculata, Vieill. Pectoral Snipe. Jack Snipe. 



Grass Snipe. Crown unlike neck; throat ashy-shaded 



and sharply streaked; L. 9; W. 5^; B. 1^. N. Am., 



abundant. 



ft Upper tail coverts white, with or without dusky marks ; throat 

 sharply streaked, with little if any ashy suffusion. 



4. T. fuscicollis, Vieill. White - Humped Sand- 

 piper. L. 7 J; W. 4f ; T. 2^. E. U. S., abundant along 

 the coast. 



** Bill, tarsus, and middle toe, obviously not of equal length. 

 X Tarsus shorter than middle toe ; tibise feathered. {Arquatella) 



5. T. mariiima, Brlinnich. Purple Sandpiper. Ashy 

 black with purplish reflections; feathers with pale edg- 

 ings; lower parts, etc., mostly white; bill nearly straight; 

 L. 9; W. 5; T. 2|; B. 1^. Atlantic Coast. 



XX Tarsus not shorter than middle toe ; tibise bare below. 



a. Bill slightly decurved, much longer than tarsus. (Pelidiia) 



6. T. alpha (!..) var. americana, Cass. Am. Dunlin. 

 Ox -Bird. Black - Bellied Sandpiper, Chestnut 

 brown above; feathers black centrally; belly, in summer, 



