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230 PR.ErOCTAL GUALLATOUES — LLMICOL J). 



Actodromas BairdL 



BAIBD'S SAKDFIPEB. 



(?) Tringn melannlm, VlEItl- Xouv. Diet. XXXIV. 181i», 402 (bused on ChorUlo lomo negro, AZAlu). 

 Triuija liimninirta, ".Siiliu;." Tans, in itaiid's li. X. Am. 18J8, 7-'2 (luirt ; nee .Sciileo.), 

 T.imja nXHCuhttii, S< IILK/;. Mus. I'.-I5. Scolopaccs, 18(i4, aH (l>iut). 

 Aclinlromdn Uninlii, CorEs I'r. A<'. Nat, Sci. riiilud. 18(51, I'.H ; <'iicek List, 2(1 ed. 1882, no, 615. 



— KiDfjw. Noin. X. Am. 15. Ibsl, no. u'il. 

 Ti'itif/ft Italnlii, .S i_ I*. Z. S. 1S67, 332 (fiiili). — Coueh, Key, 1872, 255; Check List, 1873, no. 



41!> ; Bird.H N. \\. 1*74, 4»4. 



Hab. America in <.'<?neral, but cliieliy tlic inti^ior of tlio imrfhern, and the western portion nf 

 tlie southern, continent, tanyfinj.' from tlie Antic const to Chili and IJueno.s Ayre.s ; rare in the Eust- 

 eni Province, anil not jx-t ret-onlwl from the Pacilic coast of the United States ; accidental in South 

 Africa ? 



Sp. Char. Adult in mmmtr: Alnjve, varie^'ated with black and grayish buff, the former pre- 

 vailin;;, in the form of irTt-.nilar. s<»me\vliat diamond-shaped ."ipots on the back and scapulars, the 

 buff occupyinf,' most of Uk- Uinler «f the feathers, and sending,' indentations toward the shaft ; else- 

 where, the Idack fomi.'t «lij>tiiict stn'a1-«, widest on the crown and anterior part of the back ; rump 

 and upper tail-covtrl.' <ltt'ky-brownisli black, feathers bordered with dull clay-color, the e.xterim- 

 ones of the latter cliii-flv whit«-, with irre|,'ular U-shaped markings of dusky. Tail light brownish 

 gray, the middle fL-ather nearly black, all narrowly edged with whitish. Wing-coverts and ter- 

 tials grayish brown, with lighter eilges and darker centres ; reniiges dull slate. Lower parts white, 

 the sides of the head ami iit«-k- the jugulum, and anterior portion of the sides, streaked with dusky. 

 Adult in winkr : AUnx-, continuoui* grayish clay-color, the feathers with darker mesial streaks; 

 rump and midille u]>|N.-r tail-coverts dusky, the feathers bordered terminally with dull clay-color ; 

 lateral uppi-r tail-covt.-rt-* brownish white. Beneath, brownish white, the jugulum, breast, sides 

 (anteriorly), and side* of the neck, deeply sulfused with day-color or dull huff. Yoawj, first ■phi- 



mage: Above, grayi.<h rlay-<rolor. the sc^tpulars and interscapulars blackish centrally, and conspicu- 

 ously bordered with wbiti-h tenninally ; the feathers of the crown and nape .streake<l with dusky. 

 Wing-coverts, ramp, cti%, uiucli as in the winter ]»lumage ; sides of the head and neck, the jugulum, 

 and breast, i>ale clay-color, nitlier indistinctly streaked with dusky. Other lower j)arts white. 



Total length, al>oul 7.«"0 to 7.5«t inches; e.xtent, about L5.()() ; wing, about 4.75 ; culmen, usually 

 less than l.(M> inch; larynx, nearly l.tKI; middle toe, about .70. Bill black; iris dark blown; 

 legs and feet slate black. 



Baird's Sandpifier has hifn so rorpiitly rcPOfi;nize(l as a spoeips wholly rtistiiirt 

 from tlie IJonajiarte Hanil|(i)K'r. that inucli remains to be learned in regard to its 

 distribution and other sfM-i-iH*- iK'etdiarities. Its early history has been more or less 

 blended with that of other sjM'cies to which it has certain proximate resemblances. 

 It is probable that when suftieient ('xjtlorations shall have been made to develop a 

 knowledge of it.s migrations and habits, it will be found to have a much wider 



