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webs of the primary quills. The markings of the wing-fea- 

 thers render this species easily distinguishable from all the 

 rest. 



Male, 8, 18, 5f, f, M^if, T V Female, 9, 20. 



This species, which is said to be not uncommon on the 

 eastern coasts of North America, has occurred twice in Eng- 

 land ; an individual, now in the possession of Mr Yarrell, 

 having been shot in September 1826, in the parish of Mel- 

 bourne, in Cambridgeshire, another in the end of July 1832, 

 at Sherringham, in Norfolk. 



Tringa rufescens, Yarrell, Linn. Trans, xvi. 109. Tringa 

 rufescens, Selby, Illustr. ii. 142. Tringa rufescens, Buff- 

 breasted Sandpiper, Aud. Ornith. Biogr. iii. 451. Tringa ru- 

 fescens, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds. 



180. TRINGA PECTORALIS. PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Bill a sixth longer than the head, scarcely deflected at the 

 end ; tail with the middle feathers pointed, and much longer 

 than the lateral, of which three on each side are equal ; tar- 

 sus an inch and a twelfth and a half long ; bill olivaceous, 

 dusky toward the end, feet dull yellowish- green. In winter, 

 the feathers of the upper parts greyish -brown, with a darker 

 medial streak, and pale brownish-grey margins ; the wing- 

 coverts lighter, the rump dusky ; the primary quills blackish- 

 brown, the first with its shaft white, the secondaries grey, 

 edged with white, as are the tail-feathers, except the middle 

 two, which are dusky toward the end ; the cheeks, sides, and 

 fore part of the neck, with part of the breast and sides of the 

 body, greyish- white, streaked with dusky ; x the chin and lower 

 parts white. In summer, the feathers of the upper parts 

 brownish-black, broadly margined with brownish-red, the 

 rump black ; the wings and tail as in winter ; the cheeks, 

 neck, and part of the breast and sides, brownish-grey, with 

 larger streaks of brownish-black. 



Male, 9, 18, 5 T 9 s, 1 T ^, 1 T V and J, , T \. Female, 9J, 19. 



This species inhabits the eastern coasts of North America, 

 and is very abundant on those of the New England States. 

 Its habits appear to be similar to those of the Dunlin and 

 other species. An individual, a female, was killed on the 

 17th October 1830, on the borders of Breydon Broad, near 

 Yarmouth. 



Tringa pectoralis, Audub. Ornith. Biogr. iii. 601. Tringa 

 pectoralis, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. iv. 397. Tringa pectoralis, 



