SCOLOPACID.E — THE SNIPE FAMILY — TRINGOIDES. 



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Tbe Common Sumlpipcr of Europe (T. hijpoleucns),^ the only otlicr known species of the genus, 

 greatly resembles the Aiuuriciui Spotted Sandpiper (T. maculariiu), but is entirely unsjiotted 

 lioiieath, and otherwise different. 



Tringoides macularius. 



THE SPOTTED SANDFIFEB. 



Trmjit mncidnrin, Linn. S. N. 1, 17C0, 249 (bnse<l on Tr'n\fja mnculata, Edw. II. 130, pi. 277, fig. 2; 



Timliis uquaticKs, Buih.s. V. 255). — Wii,.son, Am. Oni. VII. 1813, (JO, pi. 5!t, lig. 1. 

 TolaniiH macult.riu.i, Tkmm. Man. ISLI, 422. — Ninr. Man. II. 1834, 102. — Aun. Orn. Diog. IV. 



1838, 81, pi. 310 ; Syixpp. 183!), 242 ; li. Am. V. 1842, 303, pi. 342. 

 TrvKjokhs mucuhtriim, (JiiAV, (Icii. 15. III. 184!>, 574. —Cass, in Baird's IJ. X. Am. 1H58, 735. — 



Baikd, Cat. N. Am. 15. 1859, no. 543. — Couks, Key, 1872, 200; Ciictk List, 1873, no. 43« ; 2d 



I'd. 1882, no. 638 ; Hirds N. W. 1874, 501. — Uiuaw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 557. 

 " Ti-iiKja notala, Ii.i.ic.r.u" ((1i!Ay). 

 Adilis U'kdi, BoNAi'. (Jhlc tiUAY). 



IIab. The whole of North and Middle America, and South America as far as Brazil ; occa- 

 sional in Europe ; no Greenland record. Breeds throughout temperate North America. 



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Si'. Char. Small ; bill rather lonj^er than the head, strai^dit, slender ; long grooves in botli 

 mandibles ; wing rather long, pointed ; tail medium, rounded ; legs rather long, Igwer third of 

 thi' tibia naked ; toes long, margined, and llattened underneath, outer connected with the nuddle 

 tne liy a large membrane, inner very .slightly connected to the niitldle toe. Adult: Upper parts 

 i;n'enisli ashy, with a somewhat metallic or bronzed lustre, and with numerous sagittate, lanceolate, 

 and irregular, mostly transverse, spots of browni.sh black, having the same lustre. Line over the 

 eye and entire luider parts white, with numerous circular and oval spots of lirownish black over 

 the whole lower surface, smaller on the throat, largest on the abdomen. Primaries plain dusky ; 

 tail dark ashy, tlie outer feathers w-ith dusky and white transverse sjiots on their terminal portion ; 

 axillars immaculate white. Young : Above, greenish ashy, the wings with narrow transverse bars 

 i>f black and ochraceous, most numerous on the coverts. Beneath, white, without any spots, and 

 with an ashy suffusion across the jugulum. Downy chick : Above, yellowish gray, with a narrow 



' Trixgoidhs HYPOiiEUCUS. The Connnon Samlpipcr of Europe. 



Tringn hypoleiico.i, Linn. S. N. cd. 10, 1758, 140 ; od. 12, I. 1766, 250. 



Adids hypoleitois, Boik, Isis, 1822, 649. — Naum. Vog. DeutschL VIII. 1836, 7, pi. 194. — Keys. 



& Bi.As. Wirb. Eur. p. 73. 

 Tringoides hypohucn, GuAV, List Gon. 1841, 88. 

 Tringa Icucnptcra, Tm.!.. Zoogr. II. 1831, 190. 

 To/anas guviefta, Lkach, Syst. Cat. Br. Mus. 30. 

 Aclifis cincliis, BolE, Isis, 1826, 327. 

 ■ Ai'i/is stagnalis, Buf.hm, Viig. ncntschl. 649. 

 Co moil SandpijKr, Most. Om. Diet. ; Bewick, Yaerell, et AucT. 



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