TKL\OA MACULATA. 381 



COI,,R. Adult. AW,-, dark-hrown, with ail tho feathers. excepting primaries. edged with pale brownish-yellow bo- 

 eommg brighter ..n BOapolariau. Outor upper tail c .voris, .- lg;:d with white. Central mil leathers, dark-brown; remain- 

 cl.T, ashy. Sides ,,1' neck, upper breast, and sides, a-hy-yellow, finely streaked with dark-brown. Remainder of under 

 parts, white. 



\'.nin ; /. Quit,- similar to the adult, but ashy abjve, where the edgings are much more rufous and the tinging below 

 is imlcr, with the spots very indistinct or obsolete Bill brown, yellow at base, feet greenish, and iris, brown, in all 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This species resembles the preceding in general coloration, but may be readily known by the larger size, black legs, 

 and '4 -n.T.illy paler colors as described. Distributed in summer, throughout Arctic America; abundant in the West dur- 

 ing the migrations; rather rare on the coast of New England in autumn. Winters south of the United Suites. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Average measurements of specimens from Eastern North America. Length, 7'25; stretch, 15'flO: wing, 4-85; tail, 

 ->!">; bill, !); tarsus, -A5. Longest specimen, 7'50; greatest extent of wing, 16'00; longest wing, S'OO: tail, 2'30; bill, -5; 

 tarsus, -'JO. Shortest specimen, 7'00; smallest extent of wing, 15'CO; shortest wing, 4'50; tail, 2'00; bill, -85; tarsus' -80! 



DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND EGGS. 



Eyg, placed on the ground in a slight depression of the soil, on a little crass, etc. They are from two to four in num- 

 ber, pyriform in shape, varying i'r>m ashy-yellow to buff in color, spotted and blotched with brown of varying shades. Di- 

 nirn-i,)as from '90 x 1"^8 to '!)5x T35. 



HABITS. 



Although Baird's Sandpiper was taken by many of the earlier scientific expeditions in 

 the West, It was not described as a species until 1861, when Dr. Coues discovered that it 

 was difl'crent from either Bonaparte's Sandpiper or the common Grass Bird, with which it 

 had been previously confounded. It is a perfectly distinct species, found commonly in the 

 West during the migrations, and visiting the Atlantic coast rather rarely, but regularly, in 

 autumn, usually quite late, either in September or October. While here, it frequents the 

 sides of lulls or high marshes but is occasionally found near the pools. The note is quite 

 dill'civut from that of other Sandpipers, insomuch so, as to be at once distinguishable; but 

 in general habits, this bird resembles other members of the genus, like many or them, breed- 

 ing in the Arctic Regions. 



TEINGA MACULATA. 



Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Tringa maculata VIEILL., Nouv. Diet., XXXIV; 1819, 465. 

 DESCRIPTION. 



SP. Cn. Form, robust. Size, medium. Bill, slender, a little longer than head, arid slightly rounded at tip. Toes, 

 without basal membrane. Tongue, long, thin, and fleshy, tapering toward tip which is rounded. Outer marginal inden- 

 tations, at least twice as deep as inner. 



COLOR. Adult. Above, dark-brown with every feather, excepting primaries, edged with yellowish-ash and rufous. 

 Tail, ashy-lirown, becoming darker in the em tor, and tipped with white and yellowish. Line from bill to eye, brown. Sides 

 . neck all around, upper breast, and sides, yellowish-ash, streaked with dark-brown. Remainder of under parts, 

 white. 



Yotiny. Similar to the adult but decidedly rufous on the edges above and brighter on the ashy below. Bill and iris, 

 brown, and feet, greenish, in all stages. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Readily known from the preceding species, by the large size, greenish legs, and darker colors; and from the micceed- 

 ing, by the dark-brown upper tail coverts; and from all others, by the colors as described. Distributed, in summer, from 

 Labrador, northward; wintering south of the United States. 



D1MKNSI 



Average niiM-iireinciit- of -pi-riMien- from Eastern North America. Length, H-fl<); stretch, Hi'.'t.V winu', ">'.Vj. tail, _' 1.1: 

 bill, 1'lfl; tarsus, MM). Longest specimen, 8'?f>; greatest extent of wing, lfi-7. r >; lonnest wing, .V'MI; tail, 2 .'!'; hill, I >; 

 tarsus, 1-10. ShortiM -p<vimen. H'25; -mallot extent of wing, lli'lKl; -h,.rt.M wing. .V2<>; mil,2l)0; bill, '); tarsus. -'Ml 



