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ricKcociAi, <;u.\i,i,AT()iti;s i.imkol.k. 



Uiiilt'r purtN li^lit oclirucuouM nr {Nilf t'uwii-ciili)i', iiiaiiy IVutlicix tipin'il with wliid', ami piiliToit t!i. 

 lliiiikMitiiil alHlciiiii'ii, 1)11 tilt' lir('a'<t ^titll |i.ii'tiallv luiiiialril xiiiall "itniH ni Murk ; axillary tVutlui'i 

 wliitc. (^iiilN witli llii'ii iiiitri' \M'li'< li^lit liiii»ii, iiiiD'i wi'li.i a<liv white luaihltil with Mark niiil 

 iiiiiTiiNvly ti|i|i<'il with white; iiiiihlle tail-l'eatliei>4 lnnwiii^i Mai k ; miter I'eatheiH iij^htcr, with 

 li'uiiiNeiMe \va\ei| liiiei nf Mack nil the teiiiiiiial hall, ami lipin'il with w liite ; iiiiilei' |iiiiiiai'y-i'i)\eiu 

 bi'uuliiiillv iiiarhktl with hLick. Hill ^{leeiii^li Maek ; le;;< j;rfiiii,Hh yellow, i'uunij: (iciiciully 



Hiiiiilar, luif the ii|>|iei' parts with the Mack ami lawii-enlor less sharply cmitrastecj, ami eaih I'tutiier 

 with a ciiiispicuniis terminal Imriler nl' white. Marliliii;; mi inner welis nl' priniaries ami nn uiiihr 

 primary-coverts imuli more minute ami ilelicate than in the ailiilt. " ('ill dull oliv(,'-;,'reeii, du.-^ky 

 tiiwaiil the piiiiil ; iris ha/el ; feel dull yellow ish ^jreeii, claws dusky " (Aluiikix), 



Total h'li^th, uhoul T.-'iO to H.iH) inches ; win^', T). K »-r) ">( t ; eulineii. .75-.H(> ; tarsus, l.l.')-l.;!ii; 

 niidiile toe, .7.")-.S,"). 



Tills is a little Mid ol' r ither peculiar loi'iii ami ol' handsome pluma^'e. Its rehitii>nship appears 

 to he to I5artram':i Tattler. Uoth species more liahltually IVwiueiit plains and othur dry localities 

 than any of the true Sandpipers. 



Dr. lleerniann'.'- type specimen of his Arfiiliint^ nirriitK represt'iit.s the UHiial adult ]iluniiiKi!. 



Till! l>itll'-lii('iisti'(l SamlpiiiiT is foiiiul nearly or (ptitt' tliroiiHlioiit North Aiiicrien, 

 and its occiirrctu'f is imt iiiicoiiiiiKUi in tlic iiurtliciii ami iiiidtlli' portions of Soiitli 

 America. It is found both on tiie I'aeitic and the .\thintie eoasts. is niigrtitofy in ;dl 

 parts of tiie rnited States, hreetls in lii,i,'h Arctic latitudes, and is of occasional ap- 

 liearance in Kiiroiie. Its presence on the Atlantic coast, however, is regarded as an 

 int'feinient event ; Imt ^If. I>oaf(linati mentions it as having been found nciir ('ahii.s, 

 both in the spring and in the fall It has tilso been taken at b'ye Ueaidi by Mr. 

 JJfcwstef, ami iti Hoston Harbor by Mr. Ileiisliaw; and about the I'Oth of August ii 

 tow ari' usnally to be seen in the J'.oston market. 



Mr. (Jiraud did not consider that it was a common bird on Long Island, although 

 (hiring almost every season a few are noticed along its southern shore. In Septciidicr 

 this bird is occasionally seen exposed for sale in the markets of Mew York, togcilii r 

 with the Pectoral Sandpiper, from which, however, the JUitt'-bivasted is easily distin- 

 giiishcd by the eomiiarative shortness of its bill. 



Mr. (iiraud also states that in August, Ihi-U, his friend iMr. Brasher observed five 

 of this species together on the shore of (Jowanus Uay — a number much larger tluiu 

 is usually seen in one groni). They appeared to be very gentle, allowing him to ad- 

 vance within shooting distance without seeming tc notice his presence, and three 

 were killed at the first discharge of his gun. The surviving two made a short Higlit 

 over the water, returning in a few minutes to the shore at a short distance from tiic 

 lioint at which they had previously taken wing, thus giving him an opportunity to 

 secure the whole number. When flying from the observer, this bird appears not 

 unlike the I'ectoral Sandpi])er, on account of the resemblance of the ujjper plumage 

 of the two species. 



