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FAMILY SCOLOPACINiE 

 SNIPES. 



GENUS TRINGA-LINN. 



SANDPIPER. 



[Bill straight, slender, tapering — compressed toward the end, and but littlo 

 longer than the head ; neck moderate ; body :alner full; wings very long and 

 pointed ; tail rather short, nearly even ; tarsi moderate ; hind toe very small, 

 sometimes wanting ; fore toes slender, of moderate length, generally divided ] 



TRINGA ISLANDICA— LINN. 



RED-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 



Ash-colored Sandpiper, Tringa cinerea, Wils. Winter. 



Red-breasted Sandpiper, Tuuga rula, " Spring. 



Tringa islandiea, Bonap Syn. 



Tringa cinerea, Sw. &. Rich 



Knot or Ash-colored Sandpiper, Nult. Man. 



Knot or Ash-colored Sandp.per, Tringa islandiea, Aud. 



Specific Character — Bill straight, longer than the head ; tarsi one 



inch and three-sixteenths long; rump and upper tail coverts white, 



barred with dark brown ; region of the vent and the lower tail coverts 



white with dusky markings. In spring the upper parts are ash 



gray, variegated with black and pale yellowish-red ; lower parts 



including the throat and fore neck brownish-orange, In autumn 



the upper parts are ash-gray, margined with dull white ; rump and 



upper tail coverts barred with black and while ; lower parts Avhite ; 



the sides of the body marked with dusky ; a dull white line over 



the eye. Adult in spring — bill black; abroad band of reddish 



brown commences at the base of the upper mandible, extends half 



way to the eye, where it changes to reddish-brown ; upper part of 



head and the hind neck dusky, the feathers margined with grayish 



white ; a few touches of pale reddish-brown on the latter ; throat, 



fore neck, breast, and abdomen reddish-brown ; vent white ; lower 



tail coverts white, spotted with dusky ; upper plumage blackish 



brown ; upper tail-coverts barred with black and white ; tail pale 



