si | 
256 SCOLOPACID, SNIPE, ETC.—GEN. 207-211. 
birds have tawny edgings above, and are mottled with ashy and dusky 
below. Atlantic coast, rather common. Nutvt., ii, 115; Aup., v, 261, 
330 3: Cassin SBD A aT ley ee pee ei ice Se nc oe AE AEE 
tj Tarsus not shorter than middle toe; tibiz bare below. 
+-Bill slightly decurved, much longer than tarsus. (Pelidna.)* 
American Dunlin.  Black-bellied Sandpiper. Red-backed Sandpiper. 
Ox-bird. Bill longer than head or tarsus, compressed at the base, rather 
depressed at the end, and usually appreciably decurved ; 8-9; wing 44-5; 
tail 2-24; bill 14-12; tibie bare about $; tarsus 1 or rather more; middle 
toe and claw 1 or rather less. Adult in summer: above, chestnut, each 
feather with a central black field, and most of them whitish-tipped, rump 
and upper tail coverts blackish, tail 
feathers and wing coverts ashy-gray, 
quills dusky with pale shafts, second- 
aries mostly white, and inner pri- 
maries edged with the same; under 
parts white, belly with a broad, jet- 
Fic. 166. Bill and foot of American Dunlin. 
thickly streaked with dusky; bill 
and feet black. Adult in winter, and young: above, plain ashy-gray, with 
dark shaft lines, with or without red or black traces; below white, little or 
no trace of black on belly; jugulum with few dusky streaks and an ashy 
suitusion. IN. Am. Wits., vil, 25, pl..56, f& 2°39) pl5”, f..d 58 Naeem, 
106; Aup., v, 266, pl. 332; Cass. in Bp., 719. ALPINA var. AMERICANA. 
++ Bill much decurved, slightly longer than tarsus. (Ancylocheilus.) 
Curlew Sandpiper. Bill longer than head or tarsus, compressed through- 
out, decurved; size of the last; legs longer; tibie bare #; tarsus 14; 
middle toe and claw under an inch; bill about 14. Adult in summer: 
above, greenish-black, each feather tipped and edged with yellowish-red ; 
below, deep brownish-red; upper tail coverts white with dusky bars; tail 
ashy-gray, with greenish gloss; wing coverts ashy with reddish edgings and 
dusky shaft lines; quills dusky, the shafts whitish along their central por- 
tion; bill and feet greenish-black. Adult in winter, and young: similar; 
above, duller blackish with little reddish; below, white, more or less buffy- 
tinged, the jugulum dusky-streaked. Atlantic coast, extremely rare, little 
more: than a straggler; Europe; Asia; Africa. Nurr., ii, 104; Aup., v, 
269) pl. s5as. Cassin Bps, 418.5. as. tue a | a eo oe SUB ARO TNE AS 
+++ Bill perfectly straight. (Tvringa.) 
Ted-breasted Sandpiper. Ash-colored Sandpiper. Gray-back. Robin- 
snipe. Itnot. Bill equalling or rather exceeding the head, straight, compar- 
atively stout ; toes evidently shorter than tarsus; large, 10-11; wing 6-63 ; 
tail 24, nearly square; bill about 14 (very variable); tarsus 14; middle 
toe and claw 1; tibize bare 4 or more. Adult in summer: above, brownish- 
black, each feather tipped with ashy-white, and tinged with reddish on the 
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