of the United States. 317 



Cuv. in which the outer toe is connected by a membrane 

 as in the typical Totani. 



247. Tringa subarqimti, Temm. Bill much longer than the 

 head, subarched ; rump white ; middle tail feathers longest, 

 lateral white internally; tarsus shorter than the bill, one inch 

 and a quarter long. 



Summer plumage varied with black and rufous, beneath 

 rufous : winter, cinereous, beneath white. 



Cape Curlew, Numenius africanus, Lath. Meyer and Wolf, 

 Ois. d\illem. livr. xix.pl. A. fig. l. adult in full dress, fig. £. 

 young. 



Inhabits throughout the world ; extremely rare, and merely 

 a transient visitor in the United States. 



248. Tringa ALpr»JA, L. Bill longer than the head, slightly 

 curved at the point, entirely black ; rump blackish ; middle 

 tail feathers longest; tarsus li; tie more than one inch long. 



Summer plumage varied with black and rufous, beneath 

 black and white : winter, ashy brown, beneath white. 



Rtd-ba feed Sandpiper, Tringa alpinn, Wils. Am. Orn. 

 vii. p. 5. pi. c iQ. fig. 2. summer dress; and the Purre, Tringa 

 cinclus, Wih. Jim Orn. vii. p. 39. pi. ^7- fig. 3. winter dress. 



Inhabits both continents : very common throughout the 

 United States and Europe. 



249. Tringa schinzii, Brehm. Bill hardly longpr than the 

 head, hardly curved, entirely black ; rump blackish ; mid- 

 dle tail feathers longest ; tarsus three quarters of an inch 

 long. , 



Summer plumage varied with blackish and dull rufous; 

 beneath black and white : winter, ashy brown, beneath white. 



Schinz's Sandpiper, Tringa Shinzii, Nob. Am. Orn 3. 

 Pelidna cinclus, var. Say in Long's expedition. 



Inhabits both continents ; found from beyond the Missis- 



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