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Tringa canutus. 



Tringa maculata. 



Length, 8.75: Win;^, 5.20; Tarsus, i ; I]ill, 1.30. 

 Upper parts gray, showing faint purplisli reriec- 

 tions. 



Length, 8 : Wing, 5.20: Tarsus. 1.60: Bill, 1.20. Back 

 olive green spotted with white : axillars l)arre(l. 



Length. 8 : Wing. 5.20: Tarsus, 1.60 : Bill, 1.60. Legs 

 long; upper tail coverts barred with black and 

 white in summer: white in winter. 



Length. 7.90: Wing. 4.90: Tarsus, 1.05: Bill, 1.60. 

 Upper l)eily black in breeding plumage. In win- 

 ter breast gra\ . shafts of the feathers brown. 



Length, 5.40: Wing, 3.80: Tarsus, .90; Bill, i.io. 

 A small web between the toes. 



Tringa maritima. 



Purple Sandpiper. See page 277 



Totanus solitarius. 

 Solitary Sandpiper. .See page 2S4 



Micropalama himantopus. 

 Stilt Sandpiper. See page 276 



Tringa alpina pacifica. 

 Red=backed Sandpiper. 

 American Dunlin. See page 279 



Ereunetes occidentalis. 

 Western Sandpiper. See page 2S0 



Length under 10; wing under 6; bill 1 or less; toes four in number. 



Length, 8 : Wing, 5.30; Tarsus, 1. 10: Bill, .So. Breast 

 buff or grayish buff. 



Tryngites subruficollis. 

 Buff=breasted Sandpiper. 



See page 2S7 



