SCOLoPACID.K -TIIK SMPK FAMILY — THVNaiTEa. 



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Oknuh TRYNGITES, ("aiiamm. 



Tfinijitci, I'AU. .Iciiuii. Iirldii. iN.'iti, IIn (ty|ii', Trimjn niji.nrit.s, ViKIl.t..). 



CiiAii. r|i|u'r luiiiiilililc K>""Vi'il til iiliiiiii till' ti'i'iniiial I'lmrlli ; tlic lnwcr not (|iiitf mi far. 

 Ciiliiirii aiiil giiiiys liliiiiil stntij^lit. Muutli i|i'i'|i|y rlil't iiimt' llmii liall' way In tlic cVf ; the i'IiIiik'U 

 Hlmut two tliii'ilrt till.' ('oiiiiiiixKiirc. ( 'iiliiii'ii iiiiii'h Hliot'ti'i- tliaii the \wm\, ami ulioiit i>(|ual to iiiiilillu 

 till' williiml claw. Taixiis ulioiit oin' ainl cmc -ixtli a.-> loii},' an miiMli' toe ami claw. Hare part of 



T, rii/eacenn. 



tiliia (Icciileilly slidrter tlmu niiiMIc tou without claw. Toes cleft to the base, with only a very 

 niiliiiientary weli. Upper Jaw feathered to the nostrils ; the side of the lower and beneath feath- 

 iMiil iniidi farther, or t<i the end of the nostrils ; the interspace of the rami entirely filled. Tail 

 somewhat j,'raihiated, not half the wini,'. 



trt't'S 



iH'llllCC 



IS and 



Tryngites rufescens. 



THE BUFF-BBEASTED SANDFIFEB. 



Ti inga rufescens, Yir.iu.. Xouv. Diet. XXXI V. 181!", l"o ( Loiii-xiaun). — Xi'tt. Man. II. 1834, 



113.— Ai'D. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, i:A, jil. 265 ; Synop. 183U. 235 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 264, pi. 



331. 

 Trijwjili-s nifewcns, Caiian. .1. f. O. 1856, 418 (Cuba). — Cassin, in Biiird's B. N. Am. 1858, 739. 



— Baikii, Cat. X. Am. R 18.")!i, no. 546. — Coi'ks, Key, 1872, 2<iO ; Check List, 1873, no. 



430 ; 2a cd. 1882, no. 641 ; liinls N. W. 1874, 506. — liiiic:w. Nom. X. Am. B. 1881, no. 556. 

 " Trinija subriijicol/is, Vir.ii.i.." ((iUAY and .Sciii.i'.o.). 

 "Triiiijn hrcvi rosin's, LicinKNSTIClN " (OliAY iuid Sciii.KO.). 

 Act ill ants navi us, 1If.i:ii.m. Pr. Ac. Xat. Sci. Pidlad. VII. 1854, 179 ; Pacific R. R. Rep. X. pt. VI. 



1859, 20, pi. 6 (Texas). 



ILvn. North America in general, especially the interior; breeding chiefly in the interior of 

 British America and the Yukon district ; niijjratinj,' south to Peru and Uruguay. Frequent in 

 Eiiiope. No West Indian record, except Cuba. 



Sp. Chab. Bill shorter than the head, straif;ht, compressed, nniTow at the point ; nasal 

 !,'r(i(ive long ; wings very long, the first quill longest ; tertiaries rather shorter ; tail moderate or 

 lunger than usual in this group ; legs rather long, lower third of the tibia naked ; toes free at base, 

 tiatteiu'd underneath, and slightly margined ; hind toe small. Upper parts pale and dull ocbra- 

 eeous, with an ashy tinge ; every feather with a large central, lanceolate, crescent-shaped, or oblong 

 spot of black, frequently with a glossy green tinge, especially on the back and shorter tertiaries. 



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