720 U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS —ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
Catal.} Sex. Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. | Orig. | Collected by— | Length.| Stretch | Wing. | Remarks. 
No. lected. No. of wings. 
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2519| CG | Carlisle, Pa........+00. Oct. 13,1845 | S. F. Baird......... 15.00 
2518) | iGulllisccsss dOsieseecnsssensed lone: ss dO! toeeell snc eets dOsessejsceses 15.16 
1052 | @ | Cape May, N.J........ May —,1842)| J. K. Townsend... | 15.80 
10442 | Q |....00.. hie <ceecmerore ences dO:seaeilocess do-wesieeeceel see [eceones 
B94L |r ..00 (Galiforniacwnenncalec cost (settcseetes sees Dr. Heermann..... ponancce 
5566 | © | Petaluma, Cal .....0.0.)-.ccee seen eens PDE SEC Eo daanecy| kdncccs| ooddda <onoocacdoad\|Ssbpe lloosocdns 
4602 /...... BryHelen7syQeeDescwcc|uccsceiassaaces | Dre! SUCK Yracias)cisicu'|ias.caisiell owes ciclalnleta/ouicesiciell ele ciaimeles||sisiclereiects 
6675 |.. ... Shoalwater bay........ May 3,1854| Gov. Stevens...... 68 | Dr. Cooper ...... 8:50 | 15.25 | -ecccsee Iris brown; bill and 
feet black......eees 
6668 |...... 20 dOrecccccsvcce secs o.c0, eeeesees 
G74 Hoe vielsiei|laieesaie dO... cveescoorenes Mar. 2, 1854 
er lapapc losogod Osiccccincinc/ssece's May 3,1854 | 
(ils) Benood Fort Steilacoom, W. T.| April —,1853 
A591 |. swcsleccees GOsniveccievesciicsss Feb. 6,1856 
9540 | ...00. Puget’s Sound.....e+e. Noy. 30,1856 
9538 |. .000. Simeahmoo bay,.eoee..|eveee Gi avaiea's 
9539 Seeaeis| (ew sisie'eie dO... ccicocccesces|scocccccieseess 
Actodromas, Kaup.1 
TRINGA MACULATA, Vieill. 
Jack Snipe. 
Tringa maculata, VixittoT, Nouv. Dict. XXXIV, 1819, 465. 
Tringa pectoralis, Say, Long’s Exped. I, 1823, 171.—Bon. Am. Orn. IV, 1832, 43; pl. xxiiiNurr. Man. II, 111.— 
Aup. Orn. Biog. III, 1835, 601: V,582; pl. 294.—In. Syn. 233.—In. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 259; pl. 329"! 
Tringa campestris, Licut. Verz, 1823, 74, (not of Vieillot, 1819.) 
Ficures.—Bonap. Am. Orn. IV, pl. 23, fig. 2.—Aud. B. of Am. pl. 294; oct. ed. V, pl. 329.—Gould B. of Eur. IV, pl. 327. 
Sp. Cu.—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 free 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 first primary white, of others brown; secondaries tipped and edged with white; tertiaries edged 
with dull reddish yellow. Bill and feet dark greenish black. Total length about 9 inches; wing, 54; tail, 24; bill to gape, 14; 
tarsus, | inch. 
Hab.—The entire coasts of North America; South America; Europe. 
Of rather frequent occurrence on the coast of the Atlantic, and rearing its young in the 
northern States of the Union. In the present collection also are 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 
1 Actodromas, Kaur, Sk. Ent. Europ. Thierw. 1829. Type Zringa minuta, LetsLer. 
