150 BAY-BIRDS. 
secondaries broadly edged with white, forming a 
band on the wings; outer secondary coverts reddish- 
brown, inner black; outer scapulars white, with 
dusky spots; inner scapulars reddish-brown. In 
winter the colors are duller. Length nine inches, 
wing five and three-quarters.” — Giraud. 
SANDPIPER. 
Genus-Tringa. 
Generic Distinctions.—Bill straight, slender, and 
tapering, compressed towards the end, and but little 
longer than the head; body rather full; wings very 
long and pointed ; tail rather short and nearly even ; 
tarsi moderate; hind toe very small, and sometimes 
wanting; fore toes slender, of moderate length, and 
generally divided. 
Roein-SnIPe. 
Red-breasted Sandpiper. 
Tringa Cinérea, Wils. Winter. 
Tringa Rufa, Wils. Spring. 
This delicious and beautiful bird, although far 
from plentiful, furnishes excellent sport, coming 
readily to stool, and flying regularly and steadily. It 
mostly affects the marshy islands lying between the 
salt water creeks, and derives its name from a 
fancied resemblance to the robin, as he is termed 
among us. It is always gentle, occasionally abun- 
dant, and generally. fat and tender; by reason of its 
