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SCOLOPACIDJE. 



Arctic America, 



wintering 



south. 



N. America, 

 wintering as 

 far south as 

 Patagonia. 



V 



Arctic America, 

 wintering in 

 S. America and 

 Falkland 

 Islands. 



V- 



Arctic 

 America, 

 wintering in 

 S. America. 



299. AMERICAN STINT. Tringa minutilla, Vieillot. Two occurrences : 

 Cornwall, 1853 ; Devon, 1869. 



Outer tail-feathers grey ; legs and feet pale brown. Length 6 inches. 



300. PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Tringa maculata, Vieillot. The most 

 frequent of wanderers from America. 



Above brownish black, each feather edged with reddish brown ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts blackish; wing-coverts blackish grey, margined 

 with light grey. Central tail-feathers uniform blackish, and about a 

 quarter of an inch longer than the next ones. Legs and feet yellowish - 

 green. Length 8| inches. 



, 301. BONAPARTE'S SANDPIPER. Tringa fuscicollis, Vieillot. A much 

 rarer straggler than the above. 



Rump and upper tail-coverts white, streaked with blackish brown ; legs 

 and feet brown ; bill straight and as short as head. Length 7 J inches. 



302. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. Tryngites rufescens ( Vieillot). Rare 

 straggler. 



Bill shorter than head, slightly curved down. 



General colour dark buff ; under surface of wings buff, marbled with 

 black and white ; axillaries white ; tail graduated, two centre feathers 

 black, the rest buff, marbled with black and white ; legs buff. Length 

 7 inches. 



Uplands of 

 N. America, 

 wintering in 

 S. America. 



303. RCTF. Machetes pugnax (Linnaeus). Formerly bred in E. of 

 England, now chiefly on migration from spring to autumn. 



RUFF, male ; REEVE, female. 



Axillaries white, no white on primaries, secondaries, or central upper 

 tail-coverts; outside tail-feathers mottled; bill straight, as long as 

 head. 



Male in spring. With a ruff of various shades from black to pure 

 white and chestnut. 



Female, and male in winter. Without ruff. Legs yellowish brown. 

 Length : male 12| inches, female 10|. 



304. BARTRAM'S SANDPIPER. Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein). 

 Rare straggler. 



Much resembles Reeve, but has quills and tail-feathers barred with 

 black. Wings not reaching to end of tail. 



Axillaries ivhite, barred with dark brown ; under wing-coverts barred 

 with black and white; tail rather long and graduated. Length 12 

 inches. 



305. GREEN SANDPIPER. Totanus ochropus (Linnaeus). Occurs 

 during all months; most rarely in June, most commonly in August. 

 Not yet detected breeding in the British Islands ; on Continent lays in 

 old nests on trees. 



Bill straight, longer than head, as in next seven species. 



