BIRDS—SCOLOPACIDAE—TRINGA WILSONII. q21 
and young plumage, and tend to demonstrate that the winter migration of this species extends 
over a large portion of the southern division of this continent. 
List of specimens. 
Catal.| Sex. | Locality. When col- Whence obtained. | Orig. Collected by— Length. | Streteh | Wing. 
No. lected. | No. of wings 
wig | G | Carlisle, Pa.s.ssessseseeeeee | Mar. 28, 1844 | 9.32 | 18.50 5.32 
T7309 lsadevc doedercses res .| Nov. 2, 1844 | 9.32] 17.75 | 5.56 
1712 Q seeees dO... vceccssecvcaccevees | Oct. Miatsisiays | 8.64 16,25 5.16 
51 GH ewieslsivs'e liceicnes WOeeieceelcisipaineirsleielsineip 8 | Sept. 27, 1845 | 9.50 17.80 5.56 
B0OSI| PP OMe le ae. 0%. «eanawvees «| April 12, 1845 | 8.56 | 16.75 5.25 
TS9T | wer eeee Washington, D. C..cccccccccclsecccrece «.| Wm. Hutton, «| vacaee tees cccccceccsesccecleesesces (cece cee: | ecesece 
10417 3 Marion county, IIL. April 8. .| N.W. University ...... oo| Re KRennicott wcccccvccccs|receves [cvecsess| socvces 
(a / esagtion | Simeahmoo Da Yocisase,c vices e106'|nectelaiereisre .| A. Campbell ...cccecee ses| DE: Kennerly esse 2 ||ssiciatw eos fais wrnyerarars|| Anatagm erat 
4186 | ....005 Tamaulipas Mexico .| Lt, Couch...... | 5.75 
6690 |... .| Puget’s Sound. ..... - | Dr. Suckley. cence ecsce cesecccerecsecs|ccceees| cece cece sece cece 
6691 Fort Steilacoom, W. T.......| May 5, 1856 |...... GOvaaeeoue eee sat ane 1373; | /Of0Ss shame cieseamess cocees| semeeses lencecaae | amenmtens 
GE93 | ..00 s000] ccceesDOr. cevsccccceccsersese ||:eieisieecaissiseeel ewes dO vcreacsyrsesisistas see 563 |... ecalaenst| kwenieesie 
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TRINGA WILSONII, Nuttall. 
Least Sandpiper. 
Tringa pusilla, Witson, Am. Orn. V, 1812, 32; pl. 37. Not of Linnaeus. —Avup. Orn. Biog. IV, 1838, 180; pl. 320.— 
Is. Syn. 237.—Is. Birds Am. V, 1842, 280; pl. 337. 
Pelidna pusilla, Bon, List, 1838. 
2? Tringa minutilla, VirrtLot, Nouv. Dict. XXXIV, 1519, 466. 
Tringa wilsonii, Norratt, Man. IT, 1834, 121. 
Ficures.—Wilson, Am. Orn V, pl. 37, fig. 4.—Audubon’s B. of Am. pl. 320, oct. ed. V, pl. 337. 
Sp Cu.—The smallest of all known species of this group found in North America. Bill about as long as the head, slightly 
curved towards the end, which is very slightly expanded; grooves in both mandibles to near the tip; wing long; tertiaries nearly 
as long as the primaries; tail short; middle feathers longest; outer feathers frequently longer than the intermediate; legs long ; 
lower third of the tibia naked; toes long, slender, margined and flattened beneath; hind toe small. Upper parts with nearly 
every feather having a large central spot of brownish black, and widely margioed with ashy and bright browni-h red; rump and 
middle of the upper tail coverts black; outer coverts white spotted with black. Stripe over the eye, throat, and breast pale 
ashy white, with numerous small longitudinal spots of ashy brown; abdomen and under tail coverts white. Q ills dark brown 
with the shafts of the primaries white; tertiaries edged with reddish. Middle feathers of the tail brownish black; outer feathers 
light ashy white. Under surface of wing light brownish ashy, with a large spot of white near the shoulder; axillary feathers 
whice; bill and legs greenish brown, the latter frequently yellowish green. Total length from tip of bill to end of tail about 53 
to 6 inches; wing, 34 to 3}; tail, 19; bill to gape, 3; tarsus, $ inch. 
Hib.—Entire temperate North America. 
This little bird is apparently quite as abundant on the western as on the eastern coast of the 
republic. Specimens from western localities seem to be slightly larger, and perhaps a shade 
more ashy in color, but we can make out no specific distinction. 
August 5, 1858. 
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