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PUvECUCIAL OUALLATOHEH - LlMICOL.t;. 



ciuUy the tnrNJ, ure luuch Hhortur ; the iiinur tou only slightly wclibcd. The cluws are »hort, btout, 

 and unuMiiiilly curved, Tliu U'gM have a much ruu^hvncd aiipcurancv. 



The Hinnlt' Noitli Auiciicuu Mpfcics dI' thin i^cnu.s i. onu ol' wide diHtriliution, occiinint,' '"i tln' 

 caMturii cuustH of Asia, and the- UliuidH thruughuut the PuuiUc Ucuun, iw well um ulung the wcsti in 

 Hhuro« uf Nurth ^Viueiiuu. 



HeteroBceluB incantia. 



THE WAMDERINO TATTLEB. 



Senhptix incana, {\m:i.. .S. N. 1. 17b8, 068. 



Tiilanun inmiiu.1, ViKii.i.. Uict. Dctfiv. VI. 1810, 400. 



/h/iTiiscihin iiiciinits, Col r.s, Key, 18*2, -'01 ; I'liuck Lint, 1873, no. 440 ; I'll. 2, 1882, no. 642 ; in 



Klliott's Alaska, fii. is;.';, 187. — Uimiw. Noni. N. Aiu. H. 1881, no. 653. 

 Triiiija glareola, Pai.l. Zooj;. Hus.so-As. II. 1811, 104, pi. 00. 

 Tulaiius brcvipc.i, Vikili.. Diet. Dctoiv. VI. 1810, 400. 

 Jlttcniiicc/iis hrevl/ies, C.vss. in ll.iicd's 11. N. Am. 1858, 734; cd. 1800, pi. 88. — Baiud, Cot. N. Am. 



B. 18')!i, n(i. 5I'2. 

 Tutitiuis fulijinoHu.i, tidri.i), Voy. Bcag. Birds, 1841, 130. 

 Seo/uiiax unduluta, Foiisr. iX'scr. An. cd. Licht. 1844, 173. 

 Tutanus jni/viritlciihis, Mi'i.L. Vcrli. 1844, 153. 

 Totanan iKcnnicus, I,i;ns. Conipl. Bull'. 1817, '244. 

 ToldHun puli/inniu; I'KAi.K, Voy. Vino. & I'cac Birds, 1848, 237. 

 Totunua ijriseuiiiiijias, (iofi.u, B. Austr. VI. pi. 38. 

 "Oambelta birvipea, oceanica, puliTnilenta, occanka, (jnseupijgia, Bonap." 



Had. The islands and shores of tlie Pacific Ocean. Of frecjuent occurrence, during migra- 

 tions, along the coast uf Aluaku, and also southward tu the Uulapagos. 



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Sp. Char. Rather larger than Totanus flavipes. Summer aditit: Entire upper parts uniform 

 dark i)lumbeous ; lower ])art9 white, shaded with phunbeous laterally, the foreneck with lon^'i- 

 tudiiial streaks, and other portions with transverse liars, of dusky plumbeous. Lining of wing 

 white, spotted and barred with dark plumbeous ; primaries blackish dusky, the shafts brown mi 

 the outer and white on the inner surface, that of the first quill, however, white on both sidus. 

 Jf'inter pluvmgc : Above, ])lain plumbeous ; lower parts white washed with plumbeous along sides 

 and across juguluni. Young: Somewhat like the winter plumage, but secondarie-s, scapulars, and 

 upper tail-coverts indistinctly si)otted with white along edges, and the plumbeous of sides, etc., 

 faintly mottled with white. 



Wing, 6.50-7.30 ; culmen, 1.50-1.60 ; tarsus, 1.25-1.35 ; middle toe, 1.00-1.05. 



The history of the jjresent species is imperfectly known. We have no account 

 of the manner or the locality of its breeding. In North America it seems to be con- 

 fined to the Pacific' shore and islands, and to inhabit by preference the rocky portion.s 



