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SCHINZ'S SANDPIPER. 



Tringa schinzi. 

 plate lxxxiv. fig. 191. 



(STATE COLLECTION.) 



Tringa schinzi. Brehm, Lehr. Eur. Vogel, Vol. 2, p. 571. 



Pelidna cinclns, var. Say, Long's Expedition. Vol. 1, p. 172. 



T. schinzi. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. Vol 2, p. 317. Id. Am. Orn. Vol. 4, p. 69, pi. 24, fig. 2 (winter). 



T. id. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 384. Nuttall, Man. Om. Vol. 2, p. 109. 



T. id. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 5, p. 275, pi. 335. Gikaud, Birds of Long island, p. . . . 



Characteristics. Bill 1 • 0, nearly straight, entirely black. Rump blackish. Tarsus 0' 7. 

 Middle tail-feathers longest. Summer, blackish varied with rufous ; 

 beneath black and white. Winter, ashy brown ; beneath white. Length, 

 7 inches. 



Description. Bill slender, compressed at the base, slightly enlarged near the end, and 

 obsoletely pitted. Tibia bare for one third of its length. Hind toe very small. Wings very 

 long ; secondaries reaching nearly to their tips. Tail nearly even. 



Color, of a specimen shot May 10. Brownish black mixed with rufous. Head striate 

 with black and rufous. Nape grey, finely streaked with brown. Back, scapulars and wing- 

 coverts blackish, margined with grey and rufous: primaries blackish brown. Upper tail- 

 coverts pure white ; a few of the outer ones brownish on their outer webs near the tips. Chin 

 and throat yellowish white ; a faint greyish stripe over the eye. Ear-feathers light rusty. 

 Breast all round marked with interrupted longitudinal fine brown lines ; flanks with larger 

 brown spots ; the remaining parts beneath whitish. In some individuals, according to Audu- 

 bon, six of the middle tail coverts are black ; the lateral ones barred with dusky and white. 



Length, 6-5-7-5. 



This little Sandpiper is not very abundant in this State. It breeds in high northern lati- 

 tudes, and descends to the United States in the autumn, extending itself to Florida, and 

 found in the interior. Returns to the north in the spring, to breed. Eggs yellowish grey, 

 spotted with chesnut brown. It occurs in various parts of the State, near lakes and the 

 smaller streams. Its geographical range is stated to be between the 25th and 55th parallels, 

 and perhaps still farther north. 



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