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scapulars marked with reddish-brown ; primaries brown, shafts 

 partially white, darker at the base and tips ; secondary coverts plain 

 brown, margined on the inner webs with white, tipped with the 

 same; lower parts of the breast, abdomen, and under tail coverts, 

 white; sides of the body barred with dusky ; tail feathers light 

 brown, margined on both inner and outer webs with white — two 

 middle feathers darker, longer, and more pointed ; upper tail cov- 

 erts white, spotted with dusky. Length seven inches and a half, 

 wing four and three-eighths. 



This species is said to inhabit both continents. It is met with 

 along the whole extent of the coast of the United States. 



With us, it does not appear to be a very plentiful species. I have 

 never observed large flocks, though during my excursions, have 

 frequently met with small parties, distributed along the margins of 

 creeks and pools, feeding in company with the Semipalmated Sand- 

 piper, from which it can at all times be distinguished by its superi- 

 or size. It is more watchful than that species, and at the report of 

 a gun seems to take greater alarm, usually flying to a farther dis- 

 tance. It seldom revisits the place from which it has been driven 

 in company with its less timid companion, which, by the time the 

 gunner has reloaded his piece, has returned to its feeding ground 

 as unconcernedly as before its flight. 



The Schinz Sandpiper is not entirely confined to the immediate 

 vicinity of the sea. I have seen it along the shores of the Hudson 

 River, in the vicinity of Poughkeepsie, and on the margins of ponds 

 in the interior counties of this State I have shot it. When disturbed 

 it moves quickly ofT, repeating a rather low note ; but its voice is 

 distinctly audible above that of the small Tringas with which it as- 

 sociates. 



