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SHORE BIUDS OF XOUTH AMERICA. 



TRINQA FERRUQINEA Brunn. 

 Curlew Sandpiper. 



Trinjra 



Adult , xumtner p lumage .' 

 Head, neck, and under parts, ex- 

 cept crissum, cinnamon brown, 

 or chestnut brown ; upper parts, 

 blackish, mixed with reddish 

 brown; upper tail coverts, whit- 

 ish, marked with black; bill, 

 slightly decurved. 



Adult, winter plumage : Up- 

 per plumage, gray or brownish 

 gray, the feathers showing dark 

 shaft streaks, a superciliary 

 stripe, and under parts, white ; 

 the chest faintly tinged with 

 gray; rump, white; upper tail 

 coverts, white, marked with 

 black. 



Young birds have the upper 

 plumage dusky, the feathers 

 edged with buff; breast tinged 

 with buff- 

 Length, 7.25 to 9 ; wing, 4.75 

 to 5.20 ; bill, 1.40 to 1.60 ; tarsus, 

 1.08 to 1.20 



The Curlew Sandpiper is an old world species, which, although it has been 

 taken a number of times on our shores, can only be considered as a rare 

 straggler. Specimens have been recorded from Canada, Nova Scotia, Massa- 

 chusetts (3) and Long Island. It has also been taken in Alaska. 



