72 TRINGIN^E. TRINGA. 



Tringa subarquata, Curlew-billed Sandpiper, MacGillivray, 

 Brit. Birds, iv, 



183. TRINGA SCHINZII. SCHINZ'S SANDPIPER. 



Bill about the length of the head, straight; tail nearly 

 even, but with the middle feathers considerably longer ; tar- 

 sus eleven-twelfths long ; bill and feet dusky. In winter, 

 the plumage brownish-black above, the feathers edged with 

 greyish-yellow, the scapulars with light red, the wing-coverts 

 greyish-brown, with a medial dusky line ; the rump white ; 

 the secondary quills tipped with white ; tail light grey, the 

 two middle feathers brownish-black toward the end ; sides 

 of the head, fore-neck, anterior part of the breast, and sides 

 of the body greyish-white, with slender lanceolate brownish- 

 black streaks ; the rest of the lower parts white. 



Male, 7, 14, 4i, jf, |J, T ' , ^ Female, 7J. 



This species has been found in various parts of North 

 America, from Hudson's Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, and in 

 one instance in the'south of England, Mr Gould having intro- 

 duced it into his splendid work on the Birds of Europe, in 

 consequence of having seen a specimen killed at Stoke Heath, 

 near Market Drayton, Shropshire, and in the possession of 

 Sir Rowland Hill. 'The species is distinguishable from Tringa 

 Cinclus by its white rump, independently of its other charac- 

 ters. 



Tringa Schinzii, Bonap. Synops. of Birds of Unit. States, 

 249. Tringa Schinzii, Audub. Ornith. Biogr. iii. 529. 

 Tringa Schinzii, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. iv. 401. Tringa 

 Schinzii, Schinz's Sandpiper, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, iv. 



184. TRINGA PLATYRHYNCHA. FLAT-BILLED SANDPIPER. 



Bill half as long again as the head, rather thick at the 

 base, a little decurved at the end; tail with the lateral 

 feathers equal, the medial considerably longer ; tarsus an inch 

 in length ; bill reddish at the base, black toward the end ; 

 feet greenish-grey. In summer, according to M. Temminck, 

 the upper part of the head blackish-brown, with two narrow 

 longitudinal light red bands; a white streak dotted with 

 brown over the eyes ; the loral band dusky ; sides of the head 

 whitish, streaked with brown ; feathers of the upper parts 

 black, narrowly edged with red ; throat, breast, and abdomen 

 white ; fore part and sides of the neck and breast reddish- 

 white, spotted with brown ; lateral tail-coverts white, each 



