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Though more abundant on the coast, it is not entirely confined 

 to the sea shore, but is likewise met with along the margins of the 

 interior lakes and rivers. On the shores of Long Island it is very 

 plentiful, and during the month of September is usually in excellent 

 condition for the table. By gunners generally, it is neglected on 

 account of its inferior size ; though by many it is esteemed far su- 

 perior, both in flavor and juiciness, to many of our larger shore 

 birds. This species has a low and lisping note ; when alarmed, it 

 moves off in a confused and irregular manner, uttering a shrill 

 twitter. During the month of October, it migrates southward. 



Early in spring it appears on the shores of New Jersey and Long 

 Island, and like the Semipalmated Sandpiper, numbers are seen 

 during the summer months ; but in either locality their nests are 

 not found, and I am not aware that they breed within the limits of 

 the Union. On the coast of Labrador, during the breeding season, 

 both species were observed by Mr. Audubon. 



TRINGA SCHINZII— BREHM. 

 SCHINZ'S SANDPIPER. 



Tringa Scliinzii, Bonap. Syn. 



Tringa Schinzii, Schinz's Sandpiper, Sw. & Rich. 



Schiiiz's Sandpiper, Nutt. Man, 



Schinz's Sandpiper, Tringa Schinzii, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill greenish-black, straight, rather slender, 

 along the gap one inch ; length of tarsi seven-eighths of an inch ; 

 upper parts brownish-black, edged with yellowish^gray and reddish- 

 brown ; fore part and sides of the neck and breast streaked and 

 spotted with dusky ; sides of the body barred with the same; rest 

 of the lower parts white. Adult with the loral space dusky, a line 

 above it white, spotted with dusky ; upper part of the head 

 brown, intermixed with dusky ; chin white ; throat, fore neck, and 

 upper part of the breast streaked and spotted with dusky on white 

 ground — the spots more perfect on the latter ; sides of the head, 

 neck, and the hind neck darker ; general upper plumage brownish 

 black, edged with yellowish-gray ; the feathers on the back and 

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