THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 123 



6^ Breast black, throat and belly white. Turnstone, p. 147 



6*. Belly black, throat and breast white with black streaks. 



Red-backed Sandpiper, p. 130 

 b\ Head, back and breast dusky, belly and chin white. 



Purple Sandpiper, p. 128 

 6^ Belly white, breast white or buff, often more or less streaked with 

 dusky. 



c. Breast tinged with buff, in contrast to white throat and belly, 

 and streaked with black. 

 d. Wing, G or more. Upland Plover, p. 138 



dd. Wing under 5. Pectoral Sandpiper, p. 128 



cc. No buff-tint on the breast. 

 d. Wing, 6 or more. 



e. Tail feathers gray. Knot (autumn), p. 127 



ee. Tail feathers barred black and white. 



f. Bill, 1.35. Yellow-legs, p. 136 



ff. Bill, 1.15. Black-bellied Plover (autumn), p. 143 

 dd. Wing, 4.50-5. 



e. Bill, 1 or less. 



f. Rump entirely white. 

 ff. Rump dusky in the middle. 



Baird's Sandpiper, p. 130 

 ee. Bill, 1.25-1.50. White-rumped Sandpiper, p. 129 



f. Tail feathers banded black and white. 



Solitary Sandpiper, p. 136 

 ff. Tail feathers plain gray. 



Red-backed Sandpiper (autumn), p. 130 

 fff. Tail feathers gray, with white centers. 



Stilt Sandpiper (autumn), p. 127 

 ddd. Wing, 4 or less. 



e. Two toes slightly webbed at base. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper, p. 132 

 ee. No webs at base of toes. 



f. Bill, 1. Spotted Sandpiper (young), p. 140 



ff. Bill, .60. Least Sandpiper, p. 130 



227 Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus. 

 European Woodcock. 



Adults. — Length, 13.50. Wing, 8. Similar in general appearance to the 

 Woodcock on the upper surface, but buff below, transversely barred with dusky, 

 and wing quills and tail feathers with rusty bars on the outer webs. 



An accidental straggler from Europe. 



A specimen was obtained in Washington Market, New York, De- 

 cember 6th, 1859, said to have been killed at Shrewsbury, N. J.,^ and 

 Dr. B. H. Warren records another obtained from a game dealer in 

 Philadelphia September. 1S89, said to have been shot in New Jersey. 



^Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., YIIL. 1866. p. 223. 



