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The Purple sandpiper, Rock sandpiper, or Winter snipe, is holarctic in 

 distribution, breeding in the arctic regions and often wintering in high 

 latitudes, but migrating regularly to the Middle States and casually to 

 Florida. Though principally a maritime species, it occurs rarely on the 

 Great Lakes and other inland waters. It prefers a rugged coast where the 

 rocks covered with seaweed are exposed at low tide furnishing a bountiful 

 supply of small aquatic animals which are its favorite food. 



In Mr Butcher's Lonor Island Notes we find about 25 records of this 

 species on Long Island in the years 1880-93, the dates ranging from 

 October 31st to March 5 th. The number taken on each date varies from one 

 to eight [see also Auk, 5 : 178]. Mr Lawrence also records it from Rockaway, 

 L. I., [Forest and Stream, 10: 235; see also, Berier N. O. C. Bui. 6: 126],^ 

 Dr Braislin from Great South bay, L. I., November 23, 1899 [Auk, 19: 146], 

 Mr Flahive from Seneca lake [Birds of Cen. N. Y. p. 32], Mr Bruce from 

 Lake Ontario in the spring of 1883, Mr Burtch from Branchport, N. Y., 

 September 14, 17, 1904, and Mr Webster from the Hudson, near Troy. 

 It has also been taken at Toronto, Ont., November 3, 1900 [Ames, Auk, 

 18: 107], and in Ohio [Wheaton, Birds of Ohio, p. 476]. 



Pisobia maculata (Vieillot) 



(Actodromas maculata on plate) 



Pectoral Sandpiper 



Plate 35 



Tringa maculata Vieillot. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 1819. 34:465 

 Tringa pectoralis DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 242, fig. 193 

 Tringa m a e u 1 a t a A. O. U. Cheek List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 239 



macula' ta, Lat., spotted 



Description. Bill nearly straight, about as long as head; tibia bare 

 for a space about two thirds of the length of tarsus; tarsus equal to middle 

 toe; jugulum and breast conspicuously streaked; tail doubly emarginate, 

 central feathers longest. Summer: Upper parts black broadly margined 

 with ocherous buff; rump and central tail coverts black; lateral tail coverts 

 mostly white; primaries fuscous, the shaft of the outer one white; lateral 

 tail feathers brownish gray slightly tipped and margined with white ; jugulum 

 and breast streaked with dusky and dingy buff; throat and belly white; bill 



