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SCOLOPACID^. 



Arctic America, 299, AMERICAN Stint, Ti-inga minutilla, Yieillot. Two occurrences : 

 wintering Cornwall, 1853 ; Devon, 1869. 



south. : J 5 



Outer tail-feathers grey ; legs and feet pale brown. Length 6 inches. 



N. America, 

 wintering as 

 far soutli as 

 Patagonia. 



Arctic America, 

 wintei'ing in 

 S. America and 

 Falkland 

 Islands, 



Arctic 

 America, 

 wintering in 

 S, America. 



300. Pectoral Sakdpiper. Tnnga mncidata, Vieillot. The most 

 frequent of wanderers from America. 



Above brownish black, each feather edged with reddish brown ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts hlackish ; wing-coverts blackisli grey, margined 

 with light grey. Central tail-feathers uniform blackish, and about a 

 quarter of an inch longer than the next ones. Legs and feet yellowish 

 green. Length 8| inches. 



301. Bonaparte's Sandpiper. Trinr/a fuscicoUis, Vieillot. A much 

 rarer straggler than the above. 



Rump and uj^j^er tail-coverts white, streaked with blackish brown ; legs 

 and feet brown ; bill straight and as short as head. Length 7g inches. 



302. Bupp-BREASTED Sandpiper. Tryngitesrufescens(y"\ei\\ot'). Rare 

 straggler. 



Bill shorter than head, slightly curved down. 



General colour dark buff ; under surface of wings huff, marbled with 

 black and white ; axillaries white ; tail r/raduated, two centre feathers 

 black, the rest buff, marbled with black and white ; legs buif. Length 

 7 inches. 



Uplands of 

 N. America, 

 wintering in 

 S. America. 



303. E,UFF. Maclietes pucjnax (Linnajus). Formerly bred in E. o£ 

 England, now chiefly on migration from spring to autumn. 



EuFF, male ; Reeve, female. 



AxiUaries white, no white on primaries, secondaries, or central upper 

 tail-coverts ; outside tail-feathers mottled ; bill straight, as long as 

 head. 



Hale in spring. With a ruff of various shades from black to pure 

 white and chestnut. 



Female, and male in winter. Without ruff. Legs yellowish brown. 

 Length : male 12| inches, female 10|. 



304. Bartram's Sandpiper. Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein). 

 Rare straggler. 



Much resembles Reeve, but has quills and tail-feathers barred with 

 black. Wings not reaching to end of tail. 



Axillaries white, barred with dark brown ; under wing-coverts barred 

 with black and white; tail rather long and graduated. Length 12 

 inches. 



305. Green Sandpiper. Totamis ochropus (Linnajus). Occux^s 

 during all mouths ; most rarely in June, most commonly in August. 

 Not yet detected breeding in the British Islands ; on Continent lays in 

 old nests on trees. 



Bill straight, longer than head, as in next seven species. 



