240 AVES : LlMICOLiE. — XXXVIII. 



390. TRINGA I-iiiiiu'iis. (Low L;U., sandpiper.) 



a. Willie ti or inure; middle pair of tail feathers not longer than the rest. 

 (Trinyii.) 



lyj. T. caiiutus L. UoiiiN Snm'K. K.not. Brownish bhu k, 

 rcfhiish brown Ik-Icjw ; bill straight; tarsus not shorti-r tiian middle 

 toe and claw. L. 11. VV. 6^. T. 2j. Atlantic coasts, common, 

 (iiu.) (For King Canute.) 



aa. Winfi less than 6; middle pair of tail-feathers longer and more pointed 

 than the rest. 

 b. Tarsus siiorter tiian middle toe with claw, the latter shorter than bill. 

 (Arquatella Haird.) 



7G0. T. maritima Hriinnich. Purple SANnpiPEU. Ashy black 

 with pnrplish rdlcctions ; feathers with pale edgings; lower parts 

 mostly white; bill nearly straight. L. 9. AV. 5. T. 2g. B. \\. 

 Atlantic coasts. (,Eu.) 



bb. Tarsus longer than middle toe with claw (or else toes very slender, with- 

 out distinct lateral membrane). 

 c. Bill scarcely longer than tarsus, and not half length of tail. {Acto- 

 dromas Kau]).) 

 d. Wing more than 4J. 



e. Kunip arul middle tail coverts plain black or dusky; throat with 

 an ashy or brownish suffusion and dusky streaks. 



7C1. T. maculata Vieillot. Pectoral Snipe. Jack Sxipe. 

 ClavK'olor, striped with Vjlackish above ; bi-lly white ; breast ashy- 

 shaded and sharply streaked. L. 9. AV. 5^. B. 1|. N. Am., 

 abundant. {Eu.) 



ee. Rump dusky, the feathers bordered by pale. 

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

 sharply streaked, with little if any ashy suffusion. 



702. T. fuscicollis Vieillot. White-ri'mped Sandpiper. Top 

 of hea<l buffy, streaked with black; middle tail-feathers mostly 

 black. L. 7f W.4f. T. 2f E. U. S., coastwise. (Eu.) (Lat., 

 fuxcus, tawny ; collnm, neck.) 



ff. Upper (median) tail coverts plain dusky. 



"f^.l. T. bairdi (Cones). Baikd's Sandpiper. Colors of next 

 but larger ; throat but little streaked. L. 7 to 7^. W. 4j. T. 2^. 

 B. \. America, rare E. (To Spencer FuUerton Baird.) 

 dd Wing less than 4. 



7(14. T. minutllla Vieillot. Least Sandpiper. Peep. Black- 

 ish, rusty and white, much variegated ; throat streaked. Smallest 

 of the samlpipers, res»-mblin'; Ercunetes, but the feet difTerent, be- 

 ing without welis. L. G. W. a),. T. 2. N. ;\m., abundant. 



ec. Bill considerably longer than tarsus and more than i| fail. 



If. TarsuH less than 1) time<« iniiMIe toe witlmnt claw; iijipor tail 

 coverts mostly du«ky. {Piliilnn Ciivier.) 



