7 6C LIMICOLATRINGA 



$ ad. (E. Siberia). Differs from L. platyrliyncha in having the upper 

 parts more rufous, not so black, the feathers with tolerably broad pale 

 margins. In winter dress similar to L. platyrhyncha. 



Hal. The Southern Baikal, the shores of the Sea of Ochotsk ; 

 Japan and China in winter. 



This is merely an eastern race of our common Broad-billed 

 Sandpiper, and does not differ from it in habits. Its nest and 

 eggs are as yet unknown. 



TBINGA, Linn., 1766. 



1061. PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA MACULATA. 



Tringa maculata, Yieill. Nouv. Diet, xxxiv. p. 465 (1819) ; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 11, pi. 546 ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 562 ; Kidgway, 

 p. 156 ; Saunders, p. 579 ; Lilford, v. pp. 76, 78, pis. 31, 32 ; 

 Poynting, p. 135, pi. 29 ; T. pectoralis (Say), in Longs. Exp. i. 

 p. 171 (1823) ; Gould, B. of E. iv. pi. 327 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit, iv- 

 pi. 67 ; Audub. B. Am. 8vo ed., v. p. 259, pi. 329. 



ad. (N. America). Crown and upper parts blackish brown with 

 greyish and ochreous buff margins, the rump blackish ; middle tail- 

 feathers blackish, narrowly margined with ochreous brown, the rest dusky 

 cinereous tipped with white ; primaries blackish, the shaft of the first one 

 white ; wing-coverts blackish grey with pale grey margins ; chin white ; 

 sides of head, neck, upper breast, and flanks greyish, clearly striped with 

 blackish brown, the last washed with pale buff ; bill greenish black, light 

 olive-green at base ; legs clay-yellow ; iris dark brown. Culmen 1*2, 

 wing 5'0, tail 2'3, tarsus 1*1 inch. Sexes alike. In autumn the feathers 

 on the upper parts are more uniform, the lighter markings less buffy, and 

 the black less distinct, the throat and breast whiter and less distinctly 

 striped. 



Hob. Arctic and subarctic North America in summer, migrat- 

 ing south to the West Indies and South America for the winter ; 

 Greenland ; of accidental occurrence in Great Britain. 



Frequents damp localities, meadow-land and marshes, and on 

 migration is not found in flocks but singly or in pairs, and when 

 flushed rises like a Snipe, uttering a sharp cry. Like its allies 

 it feeds on coleoptera larvae, small aquatic insects, and also on 

 some species of seaweed. In the spring the male inflates its 

 throat to more than double the natural size, and utters a deep, 

 hollow, resonant, but musical note, too-ii, too-d, many times 

 repeated, this note or song being uttered both when on the 



