STItKI'SILin.K — THK TrilN'STONKfl — STIIKI'MILAS. 



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Cum. I iiAii I.Dwer |HirtM (i-xuupt jiiKiiliiiii), ii|i|><t purt <>f runi|), U|i|i*'r tail-toviTtx, niul ({n-ntir 

 win^-coviTtM, ])iiri! whitu ; niimiiiilui' of |iliiiiiaKi' 'luHky, Mutiiutiiiiux vutii'^ati-d with wliiti', or wliitu 



aiiil rni'iiii**. 



iSf. interpret, 



1, B. interprea. Tliront always wliitc Ailult: UpinT partH moif or K'mh luixud willi riiroim, 

 (ilxMially ill wiiilfV i)liiiiia},'L', wlit'ii tliii* color prevailM in hw^o juitchcK ; head iiuMtly 

 wiiiti' ; jii^iiluiii iiiiironii ili'('|) hlack. Yunmj : Head mostly diifky ; iiiipcr part.-i without 

 rul'ous, but with ochruceoUK e<l),'iii;,'n ; ,ju;,'ulum motile I ilusky. Wiiij,', ahout (i.(K) ; cul- 

 meii, .8(>-.9<» ; tursuo, l.(K»; middle! toe, .7ft. Huh. Entirely coHmoj>()litan, but atl'iitinn 

 rhiclly \\w Hca-t'oasts. 



i, S. melanooepbalua. Tliiout alwayM dunky. Ailult in sumnur: Uppor jiarts uniform broii/y 

 lirownish black ; head, netk, and ju^'uluni, black, with white Mtnaks on forehead and 

 juj^uhun, and lar;j;e si]iot of Hanie on lore?*. Ailull in irintir: Similar, but head, lu'ck, 

 anil juj,'ulum, smoky inownisii, and without white markin;,'s. Yhiukj : Similar to the 

 winter iiluniiij,'!', but head, etc., more grayixh, the feathers of n])iier parts bordered fermi- 

 nnlly with pale bull', or whitish. Win^, 8.H(M).I() ; culmen, .H.-)-l.(K) ; tarsus, l.(K(-l.|() ; 

 middle toe, .90, Hub. Northwetit coa-st of North America. 



Strepsilas interprea 



T1TBN8T0NE. 



Tringa interpres, Linn. S. N. cd. 10, 1758, 1. 148 ; ed. 12, 1. 1700, 248. — Wil.h. Am. Om. VII. 1813, 

 32, 1)1. Ivii. 



Slrqmtas iitta-pren, Ilmo. Tindr. 1811, 203. -SwAtss. F. B. A. II. 1831, 371. — NuTT. Miin. Water 

 Bds. 1834, 30. — Arn. Oiii. Biog. IV. 1838, 31, pi. 304 ; Syiiop. 1830, 227 ; Birds Am. V. 1842, 

 231, ]p1. 323. — BAiiin, B. N. Am. UM, 701; Cat. X. Am. B. 1859, no. 515. —Coifs, Key, 

 1872, 246 ; Check Ust, 1873, no. 400 ; 2d ed. 1881, no. 598. — Uidgw. Noin. N. Am. B. 1882, 

 no. 509. 



Morinella interpres, Stkjx. I'roc. V. S. Nat. Mas. Vol. 4, 1882, 32, 



Tringa morincUns, Linn. S. N. I. 1760, 249 (= young). 



Strepsilas colliiris, Tem.m. Man, II. 1820, 553. 



" Charadrius cinclus, Pai.lan" (BAinn, 1. c). 



Had. Sea-cqaats of nearly nil countries ; in America, from Greenland and Alaska to Chili 

 and Brazil ; in the interior, more or less common along the shores of the Great Lakes and larger 

 rivers. 



Sp. Char. Adult : Chin and throat, a large loral patch, another covering terminal half f>f the 

 nuriculars, border of the pileum, and large transverse patch on each side of the jiigulum, white j 

 stripe from the frontlet to the eye, s((uari8li jiatch beneath the eye, malar stripe, side of the neck, 

 Jugulum, and sides of the breast, uniform black, all these markings confluent and sharply defined. 



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