KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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in Florida in fall and spring, a few remaining all winter. The eggs are 

 described as being light pea green in color, finely spotted with brown. 



Subgenus ARQUATELLA Baird. 



TRINQA MARITIMA Bni;m. 

 Purple Sandpiper. 



Adult: Uppei" parts gray, showing slight purplish 

 reflections when held in the light ; breast gray ; throat 

 grayish white; belly white, marked with gray on the 

 sides ; bill brown, yellow at base. 



Length, 9.25 ; Wing, 5 ; Tarsus, .92 ; Bill, 1.30. 

 The Purple Sandpiper is a northern spe- 

 cies, breeding in high latitudes, but occur- 

 ring in winter on the Atlantic coast south 

 to Florida, where it is by no means com- 

 mon, a specimen being occasionally taken on the west coast. Some birds 

 remain on the New England coast all winter. 



The eggs are buff, sometimes tinged with olive and mottled with brown. 



Subgenus ACTODROMAS Kaup. 





TRINQA MACULATA F/ei7/. 

 Pectoral Sandpiper. Grass Bird. 



Head and upper parts brown, the feathers edged with 

 tawny ; throat and belly white ; breast pale brown, the 

 feathers narrowly streaked with dark brown ; upper 

 tail coverts blacl< ; basal half of bill dull greenish 

 yellow. 



Length, 9; Wing, 5.25; Tarsus, 1.05; Bill, 1.15. 



This species ranges from the Arctic regions 

 to South America, being common on the 

 Atlantic coast during migrations. It breeds 

 in the far north. 



The eggs are greenish buff, mottled with 

 brown, heaviest at the larger end. 



