42 HISTORY OF 



PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Tringa Pectoralis. BONAPARTE. 



MR. JENYNS, in his useful work, just published, "The 

 Manual of British Vertebrate Animals," mentions, on the au- 

 thority of Mr. Yarrell, that a specimen of this bird has occurred 

 at Yarmouth, is now in the possession of Mr. Hoy, of that place, 

 and has been identified by Mr. Audubon, with the T. Pectoralis, 

 of America. 



The above cut is taken from a specimen that we received 

 from that Continent, and which appears to be in the summer 

 or young state of plumage, or just beginning the autumn 

 moult. We shall be very minute in our account, as we con- 

 sider it not impossible that there may have been a mistake 

 in the bird, the descriptions being very meagre; the measure- 

 ments, however, agree tolerably well, except in length, our 

 specimen being about an inch shorter than T. Pectoralis is 

 stated to be, by Nuttall, in his " Ornithology of the United 



