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Gk.vi-s TRINGA Lixx.'Ers. 



Middle tail feathers longer and more pointed than the rest; tarsus longer 

 than the middle toe and claw ; exposed culmen not longer than the tarsus, and less 

 than half as long as the tail (Sub-genus Actd dromas)\ wing more than 4.50; rump and 

 tail coverts plain brownish black; shaft of all the quills white for a portion of its 

 length. Adult )nale: General color above sandy rufous streaked with black down the 

 centre of the feathers ; lesser wing coverts dull brown ; primary coverts blackish; crown 

 of head bright sandy rufous streaked with black; lores and a distinct eyebrow white 

 with a narrower streak of blackish; under surface of body white; the chin unspotted; 

 the throat and fore neck tinged with rufous and minutelj- spotted. Female similar. 

 Wniicr: Much browner than the summer plumage without the rufous except on the 

 head Yoiiug: With more rufous on the upper parts than the old birds. Length 7.75, 

 wing 5.10, tail 2.10, culmen .90, tarsus 1.20, middle toe i.io. Hab. Far north, breed- 

 ing in Alaska, migrating soutli. Oahu," Maui, Laysau. 



47. T. acumina'ta'' (Hoksi. ). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 



(^.HMS HETERACTITIS S-n:jM;c.i.;u. 



General (jdor ahjrr /iin'/nni/ as/i-greyisli with slightly indicated lighter margins; 



nasal grooves more than half as long as the exposed culmen; lower back, rump and 



upper tail coverts purer grev ; wing coverts like the back; lores blackish. IViu/er: 



Under surface of the body white with ash-grey shade over the fore neck and chest; sides 



of flanks and chest also ashy gre}-. Female similar. Slimmer: Above plain brownish 



gray varied with duskv; lower parts white tinged with grayish on the fore neck; fore 



neck streaked; rest of lower parts barred with dusk}-. }'oa//o-: Above brownish grey, 



the feathers margined with buff or pale ochraceous and finely mottled transversel}- with 



greyish. Length 10.50-12.00, wing 6.40-6.75, tail 2.90-3.00, culmen i. 50-1. 70, tarsus 



1. 25-1. 32, toes 1. 25-1. 30. Had. Pacific coast of America, southward, wide-ranging. 



Hawaiian Lslands. 

 PI. XXV., 9159. 48. H. incanus (Gmel.). Wandering Taller, Ulili. 



Gkni-s I^IMO'SA Krissox. 



Wing without white patch; with the tail distindlly barred; upper tail coverts 

 white with brownish or dusky markings; under parts, head and neck plain cinnamon 

 color; o-eneral color over the back blackish mottled with chestnut red ; wing coverts 

 greyish varied with dusky shaft streaks and whitish margins. llVa/er: Head, neck 

 and lower parts whitish, darkest on the chest, streaked with dusky about the head and 

 neck ; breast and sides of body with a few shaft streaks and bars of brownish grey. 



=8The Museums specimen of T. aiiiiiiimUa was taken by Mr. A. H. Judd in Moanalua valley near llonohihi. I have examined a specimen 

 taken on Maui by Brother Matthias which is now in the St. I/)uis College cabinet. Dr. Schauinsland includes il in his list from Laysac. 

 29 7-;7«e« atmi iaimi, Cass., is added by Dr. Schauiusland's list of birds from Laysan : also T. nujciilala. Vieill. from Hawaii (Hensh.). 



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