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black ; the rump and upper tail-coverts black, marked with warm sandy 

 buff, the lateral coverts white, banded with dusky brown ; tail greyish 

 brown, the middle feathers rather darker and longer ; under parts white, 

 the throat, breast, and flanks washed with buff and finely striped with 

 brown ; bill black ; legs and feet slaty black ; iris brown. Culmen I'O, 

 wing 4'7, tail 2 '2, tarsus 0'95 inch. In winter the upper parts are greyish 

 brown with dusky mesial streaks. The young bird has the dorsal feathers 

 narrowly margined with dull white, and the streaks on the throat are less 

 clearly defined. 



Hob. America generally, breeding in the high north and 

 migrating for the winter down to Chili and Argentina; the 

 Chukche Peninsula, N. Siberia ; has occurred in Damaraland, 

 and once in England. 



In general habits it does not differ from its allies, but is said 

 to be generally seen solitary or in pairs. It breeds late in June, 

 the nest being a depression in the ground, scantily lined, and 

 well hidden in the grass. The 4 eggs are light creamy buff, 

 sometimes tinged with rusty, thickly speckled and spotted with 

 deep reddish brown or chestnut, and measure about 1*30 by 

 0-93. 



1064. BONAPARTE'S SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA FUSCICOLLIS. 



Tringa fuscicollis, Vieill. Now. Diet, xxxiv. p. 461 (1819) ; Dresser, 

 viii. p. 15, pi. 547 ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 574 ; Ridgway, 

 p. 157 ; Saunders, p. 581 ; Poynting, p. 141, pi. 30; Lilford, v. 

 p. 80, pi. 33 ; T. bonapartii, Schlegel, Rev. Grit. p. Ixxxix. (1844) ; 

 Gould, B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 71. 



ad. (Wisconsin). Differs from its near allies in having the upper 

 tail-coverts white ; upper parts brownish grey marked with ochraceous 

 and rusty reddish, and striped with black ; under parts white ; lower 

 throat, breast, and flanks clearly spotted with blackish brown ; bill 

 blackish, at base dull green ; legs dusky greenish ; iris blackish brown. 

 Culmen I'l, wing 4'7, tail 1 '8, tarsus I'O inch. Sexes alike. In winter 

 the upper parts are dull greyish brown, with darker streaks, and the 

 markings on the breast are less distinct. The young bird has the upper 

 parts with whitish margins, and the neck and breast washed with greyish 

 buff, the markings ill-defined. 



Hob. Eastern North America, breeding far north, and in 

 winter passing through the West Indies and Eastern South 

 America to the Falkland Islands ; of accidental occurrence in 

 Britain. 



In habits it does not differ from its allies, and is generally to 

 be found in marshy places near the coast. It breeds in Arctic 



