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rusty fulvous, inegulmly inuiblud with black, tliu oiiiaiueutal velvety flocks or papilla) coarser uiul 

 Ifss pure wliite than in A. iiutritima ; lioad li^'ht fulvous, with markings as in A. nmritima ; lower 

 parts lUslinctly fulvous laterally. Acifinji; nudisHMihiits of 14 itdu/t.i : Win;,', 4.80 ; culnien, 1.13 ; 

 liusus, .1)5 ; middle toe, .Wi. Ilith. Aleutian Islands and conti^'uous coast of Alaska. 



3. A. ptilocnemiB. llnaliiKj-ilnxii: I'ileuni broadly streaked with ocliraceous-lnilf ; scapulars 

 and interscapulars broadly bordered with briyhl ocliraceons-rufous ; foreneck and junuluni pure 

 white, sjiarsely streaked with bruwnish yray ; breast white, streaked anteriorly, and cloudiul pos- 

 teriorly, with dusky, lh(! latter forniin^' nmre or less of a patch on each side. U'intir (ln:in; In 

 ),'eiieral character similar to the correspondin;; staj,'e of ^1. maritima and A. Cumiti, but very much 

 ]ialer, the whole dorsal aspect bein;{ linl'l cinereous, the scapulars and interscapulars with small, 

 nearly concealed, central spots, the winj,'-coverts very broadly ed^'ed with pure white ; ju^jidum 

 with white largely predominating. Youiiy, Jirst jiliitiuKjc : Similar to A. t'oid.st, but colors throiij^h- 

 out much paler, the lij,dit boixlew to the feathers of the dorsal surface broader, the dark centres 

 correspondingly decreased. Chick: Sinnlar to that (jf .1. Coiifiii, but i)aler, the dark streaks on the 

 lores not reaching to the eye. Acriiije ttMinunmcnls nf IS adults: Wing, S.lti ; culmen, 1.33; 

 taraus, .98 ; middle toe, .9(). Hub. I'rybilof Islaiuls, Alaska. 



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Arquatella maritima. 



THE PUBFLE 8ANDPIFEB. 



Tringa marilima, Br.UNN. Oni. Bor. 17G4, .'54. — (1mi;i,. S. N. I. 1788, 678. — Sw. & Kicn. F. 15. A. 



II. 1831, 382. — Nirr. -Man. II. 1834, llf). — Am. Orn. liiof;. 111. 1835, 558, jil. 284 ; .Synop. 



1839, 233; B. Am. V. 1812, 201, pi. 330. — ( assi.v, in jiaird's 15. N. Am. 1858, 717. — Baiuo, 



Cat. N. Am. B. 185U, no. 528. — Coin;s, Key, 1872, 255 ; t'licck List, 1873, no. 423 ; Birds N. W. 



1874, 488. 

 Annmldla mitritima, Ridow. Bull. Nntt. Oni. t'lub, V. July, 1880, 162; Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, 



no. 530. — CouEs, Check List, 2d v<\. 1882, no. 620. 

 ? Tringa striitta, LiNX. S. N. I. 1760, 218. 



Tringa nmlala, Burxx. Orn. Bor. 1764, 55. — (iMKL. S. N. I. 1788, 678. 

 Tringa nigricans, Slosr. Limi. Tr. IV. 1796, 40. 

 Tringa canadensis, L.vni. Ind. Orn. Sup)il. ISol, Ixv. 

 ? Tringa lincolnirnsis, L.vni. Ind. Oni. II. 1790, 734. 

 Tringa arquaklla. Fall. Zong. l{o»so-As. II. 1831, 190. 

 Tringa litlorulis, BllKIIM, Viig. Deuts.ld. 1831, 652. 



Hab. Northeastern portions of Xorth America, breeding in the high north, and migrating 

 southward in winttu' to the Middle States, the Great Lakes, and the shores of the larger streams 

 in the Mississippi Valley. HermudiLs ] Also, the northern portions of the Paltcarctic Region. 



WMer plumage. 



Sp. Char. Adult, breeding-plumage : Above, dusky slate, the scapulars and intei-scapH'ars 

 nearly black, and faintly glossed, the e<lge of each feather notched or indented with ochrace ms 

 or dull buff, the terminal jxtrtion bonlered with dull wlute or pale butf ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and middle tail-feathers glos.sy rlnsky black, the feathers of the rump sometimes faintly bordcreil 

 with grayish ; remaining rectriees uniform grayish, with white shafts, the shade of gray becoming 



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