BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 1 59 



TRINGA MACULA TA. Vial. 

 Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Adult Male. — Bill and feet, greenish ; chin, white ; breast 

 heavily streaked with gray ; upper tail-coverts very dark brown ; 

 a large species. 



Length 8. 25, wing 5.15, tarsus 1.12, bill i.io. 



I include this species on the authority of Mr. N. B. Moore, 

 who states that he procured several specimens at Fortune Island, 

 August 5. I have never met with it in the Bahamas. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. V. pi. 359. 



TRINGA BONAPARTEI. Schl. 

 White-rumpled Sandpiper. 



Adult Male. — Bill and feet, black, the former becoming reddish 

 at the base of the lower mandible ; above, mottled and streaked with 

 rufous, dark brown, and ashy in summer, ashy and pale brown in 

 winter; below, spotted finely on the breast and throat; belly, white, 

 sides streaked ; rump, luhitc. The white upper tail coverts are a 

 feature by which it may be easily distinguished. 



Length 7.20, wing 4.60, tail 2.40, tarsus .96, bill .96. 



