SHORE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



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SUBGENUS ACTODROMAS KAUP. 



TRINGA HACULATA Vieill. 



Pectoral Sandpiper. 



GRASS BIRD. 



Tringa inarulata. 



Tringa maculata. 



Adult in slimmer : Head and upper parts, dark browii, the feathers edged with tawny ; 

 throat and belly, white ; breast, pale brown, the feathers narrowly streaked with dark brown 

 or blackish ; upper tail coverts, black ; two middle tail feathers longer than the others ; basal 

 half of bill, dull greenish yellow. 



Winter plumage : Breast, brownish buff, and upper parts, more brownish. 



Length, 9; wing, 5.25; tarsus, 1.05; bill, 1.15. 



This species ranges from the Arctic regions to South America, being com- 

 mon on the Atlantic coast daring migrations. It breeds in the far north. The 

 eggs are four, greenish buff, mottled with brown, heaviest at the larger end, 

 and measure 1.50x 1.01) (Murdock). The Pectoral Sandpiper may always be 

 distinguished from the next species by its blackish middle upper tail coverts. 



