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secondaries broadly edged with white, forming a 

 band on the wings ; outer secondary coverts reddish- 

 brown, inner black; outer scapulars white, with 

 dusky spots; inner scapulars reddish brown. In 

 winter the colors are duller. Length nine inches, 

 wing five and three-quarters." G-iraud. 



SANDPIPER. 



Genus Tringd. 



Generic Distinctions. Bill straight, slender, and 

 tapering, compressed towards the end, and but little 

 longer than the head ; body rather full ; wings very 

 long and pointed ; tail rather short and nearly even ; 

 tarsi moderate ; hind toe very small, and sometimes 

 wanting ; fore toes slender, of moderate length, and 

 generally divided. 



ROBIN-SNIPE. 



Bed-breasted Sandpiper. 

 Tringa Cinerea, Wils. Winter. 

 Tringd Rufa, Wils. Spring. 



This delicious and beautiful bird, although far 

 from plentiful, furnishes excellent sport, coming 

 readily to stool, and flying regularly and steadily. It 

 mostly affects the marshy islands lying between the 

 salt water creeks, and derives its name from a 

 fancied resemblance to the robin, as he is termed 

 among us. It is always gentle, occasionally abun- 

 dant, and generally fat and tender ; by reason of its 



