158 ^'ORT^ AMERICAN BIRDS. 



of all the quills more or less white.' Summer adult: 

 Scapulars and intersca]iular8 bordered and irregularly in- 

 dented with rusty oehraeeous, tliese lighter markings some- 

 times extended nearly or quite to the shaft, thus dividing 

 the black into more or less completely separated spots ; 

 tcrlials broadlj' edged with rusty oehraeeous; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts plain brownish black, the outermost 

 feathers of the latter partly or entirelj' white ; top of head 

 rusty oehraeeous, broadly streaked with black ; fore-neck 

 and chest dull brownish white, streaked with dusk3-; rest 

 of lower parts plain white. Winter plumage : Above plain 

 brownish gray, with duskj- shaft-streaks ; chest pale gray- 

 ish, verj' indistinctly streaked with darker; rest of lower 

 parts plain white. Young : Similar to summer adults, but 

 scapulars and outermost interscapulars with white tips to 

 outer webs, and lacking the concealed oehraeeous bars; 

 lower parts more as in winter plumage. Length 5.00-6.75, 

 wing 3.50-3.75, culmen .75-.92, tarsus .75. Eggs 1.15 X -83, 

 pale grayish buffy, varying to pale brownish, thickly spotted, 

 speckled, or sprinkled with deep chestnut and dull jiurplish 

 gi-ay. Hab. America in general, but breeding only in arctic 

 and subarctic districts. 



242. T. minutilla Yif.ill. Least Sandpiper. 

 (^. Middle toe, without claw, longer than exposed culmen ; shafts 

 of all the quills, except first, wholly dark brown. Summer 

 adult : Very similar to corresponding stage of T. minutilla, 

 but feathers of back more broadly edged with tawny 

 oehraeeous, and scapulars more broadlj' edged with a 

 brighter, more rusty shade of the same, these feathers with- 

 out any trace of bars or indentations of the lighter color. 

 Winter plumage, not seen. Young, hardly distinguishable 

 from summer adult. Length about 5.50-6.20, wing 3.45- 

 3.65, culmen .70-.80, tarsus .85-.90. Hab. Asia, breeding 

 toward arctic coast; accidental (?) in Alaska (Otter Island, 

 Bering's Sea, June 8. 1SS5). 



242. 1. T. damacensis (IIoksf.). Long;-toed Stint.' 

 c'. Exposed culmen exceeding tarsus by at least half the length of the 



middle toe, without claw, and more than two-thirds as long as 



tail, 

 •rf'. Tarsus less than one and a half times as long as middle toe, with- 



• To this section belong also the typo of tho subgenus, T. mi'nuta Leisl. ; also, T. iemminctii Leisl., and 

 T. rufirnllin Pam,., of the northern portions of the cn.'itcrn hemi.^'pherc. 



2 Tclnnw, dnnmrcnnh IIORSF., Tr. Linn. Soo. xiii. 1S21, 12'.). Tr!«gn dnmncentit SwiNII., P. Z. S. 1863, 

 .■iin. RitiRW. Auk, iii. 1886, 275 (Otter Islanil, Aliislta; Chas. II. TownscnJ). Actodromaa damaceiieit Stejn., 

 Orn. E.\i<I. Kumtechat. 1885, llG (Bering Ifhintl, Kiimtsehutkii). 



