of the United States. ol^ 



Purple Sandpiper, Tringa maritima, Nob. Am. Orn. 3. 



Inhabits both continents on rocky shores only, hardly 

 ever seen on the eastern coasts of the union ; common at 

 Hudson's Bay, in England, &c found in Holland only where 

 artificial moles have been formed, making its appearance as 

 they are built. 



253. Tringa tfmminckh. Leisler. Bill shorter than the head, 

 nearly straight ; rump blackish ; tail graduated, the outer 

 feathers pure white. 



Summer plumage black, varied with rufous, beneath white : 

 winter, cinereous-brown, beneath white. 



Tringa pusilla, Bechst. nee auct. Temm. PI. Col. 41. Jig l. 



Inhabits the Arctic circle, whence it migrates periodically 

 to temperate climates : exceedingly rare in the United States. 



254. Tringa minuta, Leisl. Bill shorter than the head, 

 straight; rump blackish; middle and outer tail feathers 

 longest, lateral, dark cinereous, edged with white ; tarsus 

 longer than the bill, ten lines long. 



Summer plumage blackish varied with rufous, beneath 

 white : winter, cinereous, beneath white. 



Tringa minuta, Temm. JYaum. Fog. t. 2\.Jig. 30. 



Inhabits throughout the world : rare in the United States : 

 common in Switzerland, Italy. 



255. Tringa pusilla, Wils. Bill shorter than the head, 

 straight ; rump blackish ; middle tail feathers longest, lateral 

 equal, dark cinereous, edged with white; tarsus equal to the 

 bill eight lines long. 



Summer plumage blackish varied with rufous, beneath 

 white : winter, cinereous, beneath wcite. 



Little Sandpiper, Tringa pusilla, Wils. Am. Orn. v. 

 p. 32. pi. 3-? Jig. 4. 



Inhabits in great numbers the shores of North and South 

 America : not found in Europe. Hardly differing from the 

 preceding, but by its shorter tarsi. 



