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FAMILY SCOLOPACINiE 

 SNIPES. 

 GENUS TRINGA — LINN. 



SANDPIPER. 



[Bill straight, slender, tapering — compressed toward the end, and but littla 

 longer than the head ; neck inoileriiie ; body lalher full ; wicgs very long and 

 pointed ; tail rather short, nearly even ; tarsi moderate ; hii.d toe very small, 

 BomelJmes wanting ; fore toes slender, of moderate lengih, generally divided } 



TRINGA ISLANDICA— LINN. 



RED-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 



Ash-colored Sandpiper, Tringa cinerea, Wils. Winter. 



Red-breasted Sa.idpiper, Triiiga rufa, *' Spring. 



Tringa islandiea, Boiiap Syn. 



'I'ringa cinerea, Sw. &. Rich. 



Knot or Ash-cr>lored .Sandpiper, Nult. Man. 



Knot or Asli-colorcd Suudjj.per, Tringa islandiea, Av)d. 



Specific Character — Bill straight, longer than the head ; tarsi one 

 inch and three-sixteenths long; rump and upper tail coverts white, 

 barred with dark brown ; region of the vent and the lower tail coverts 

 white with dusky markings. In spring the upper parts are ash 

 gray, variegated with black and pale yellowish-red ; lower parts 

 including the throat and fore neck brownish-orange. In autumn 

 the upper parts are ash-gray, margined with dull white; rump and 

 upper tail coverts barred with black and white ; lower parts Avhite ; 

 the sides of the body marked with dusky ; a dull Avhite line over 

 the eye. Adult in spring — bill black ; a broad band of reddish 

 brown commences at the base of the upper mandible, extends half 

 way to the eye, where it changes to reddish-brown ; upper part of 

 head and the hind neck dusky, the feathers margined with grayish 

 white ; a few touches of pale reddish-brown on the latter ; throat, 

 fore neck, breast, and abdomen reddish-brown ; vent while ; lower 

 tail co\'erts white, spotted with dusky ; upper plumage blackish 

 brown ; upper tail-coverts barred with black and white ; tail pale 



