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Middle upper tail coverts, smoky or dusky, often 

 tipped with buff; inner weba of primaries not speckled; sides, 

 white; middle toe and claw, less than .95; legs and bill, 

 blackish. Tringa bairdii. Baird's Sandpiper. 



See No. 195. 



Tringa bairdii. 

 Tail and upper tail coverts. 



Tringa maculata. 

 Tail and upper tail coverts. 



fliddle upper tail coverts, black, often narrowly tipped 

 with brownish buff; inner webs of primaries, not speckled; 

 middle toe and claw, over .93; middle tail feathers decidedly 

 longer than the rest; legs, yellowish olive; base of bill, dull 

 olive ; tip, black. 



Tringa maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. Grass Bird. 



See No. 193. 



Inner web of primaries speckled. 

 TrynyUes subruficollis. Buff=breasted Sandpiper. 



See No. 215. 



Tryngites subruflcollis. 

 First primary. 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Section 6. Toes, three ; bill, over .60 inch. 



Bill, black; shoulder (lesser and middle wing coverts), brown; no web 

 between toes; legs, black. Calidris arenaria. Sanderling Sandpiper. 



See No. 202. 



Calidris urenaria. 



