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 SANDPIPER, PECTORAL. 



TRINGA PECTORALIS, Jenyns. 



The Pectoral Sandpiper inhabits the eastern 

 coasts of North America, and is very abundant 

 on those of the New England States. A very 

 few have been obtained in England. Its habits 

 appear to be similar to those of the Dunlin and 

 other species, and like the Snipe it is found in 

 damp meadows and marshes. Its flight, which 

 resembles that of the Knot, is firm and rapid. It 

 runs with great agility, and probes the sand or 

 wet earth, immersing its bill up to the base. 



These birds prefer the sea-coasts to the interior. 

 They feed on seeds, small Crustacea, some kinds of 

 sea-weed, insects, &c. Nothing is known of their 

 breeding-places, and of the changes of plumage 

 which they undergo. 



SANDPIPER, PURPLE. 



TRINGA MARITIMA, Penn. 



Although not extremely rare in England, the 

 Purple Sandpipers, which closely resemble the 

 Dunlins in their manner of flying and walking, or 

 rather running, along the shore, are not very fre- 



