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TRINGOIDES MACULARIUS, (Linn.) Gray. 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Tnnga mamlaria,l,isti. Syst. Nat. I, HCG, 249.— WiLS. Am. Orn. VII, 1813, 60; pi. lix. 



Totanus macularius, TEMMincK.Man. II, 1820, 656.— Bon. Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 211.— Nctt. Man. II, 1834,162.— 

 AUD. Orn. Biog. IV, 1838, 81 ; pi. 310.— Ib. Syn. 242.— Ib. Bird's Amer. V, 1842, 303 ; pi. 342. 

 AciUes macularius, Box. List, 1838. 



Tringoides macularius. Gray, geuera. Baird and Cassln, Gen. Rep. Birds, 735. 

 Figures.— WiisoN, Am.Oin. VII, pi. 59, fig. I.— Ann. B. of Am. pi. 310, Oct. ed. V, pi. 342. 



Sp. Ch. — Small ; bill rather longer than the head, straight, slender ; long gi-ooves in both mandibles ; wing rather long, 

 pointed ; tail medium, rounded ; legs rather long ; lower third of the tibia naked ; toes long, margined, and flattened under- 

 neath ; outer connected with the middle toe by a large membrane; inner very slightly connected to the middle toe. Upper 

 parts brownish olive green, with a somewhat metivUic or bronzed lustre, and with numerous longitudinal lines, and sagittate 

 lanceolate, and irregular spots of brownish black, having the same lustre. line over the eye and entire under parts white, 

 with numerous circular and oval spots of brownish black, smaller on the throat, largest on the abdomen. Quills brown, with 

 a green lustre ; primaries slightly tipped with white, and having a white spot on their inner edges ; secondaries white at their 

 bases and tipped with white; middle feathers of the tail same green as other upper parts, outer tipped with white, and with 

 irregular bare of brownish black. Bill yellowish green, tipped with brown ; feet reddish yellow. When fresh, the bill is 

 black, yellow at base, and feet flesh color, according to Cassin. 



Young less bronzed above, and under parts white, without spots. 



Total length, 7J to 8 inches ; extent, 12J ; wing, 4^ ; tail, 2 ; bill, 1 ; tarsus, rather less than 1 inch. 



Eab. — Entire temperate North America ; Oregon. Europe. 



Two specimens Avhich I obtained of the "tip-up," or peet-weet snipe of the northwest, 

 both seemed to differ slightly from the description of the Tringoides macularivs in the text of 

 Audubon's Synopsis, but in habits, voice, size, and general apjxarance the Pacific and Atlantic 

 birds appear identical. The species is not abundant in Oregon and less so in Washington 

 Territory. 



At Panama, in January, 185G, I saw " peet-iueets" quite common on the shores of the bay and 

 islands in the vicinity. I suppose that the birds I there saw w^ere identical with the Oregon 

 species. — S. 



The spotted sandpiper is common during summer in the interior, frequenting the margins of 

 brooks and rarely appearing along the coast. It raises its young in the Territory and retires 

 south in October. — C. 



TRYNGITES RUFESCENS, (V i e i 1 1 . ) Cab. 



Buff-breasted Saudi>iper, 



Tringa Tufescens, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. XXXIX, 470. (Louisiana.)— Ib. Galerie Ois. II, 1825, 105; pi. 238.— 

 Ndtt. Man. II, 1834, 113.— Aun. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 451; pi. 265.— Ib. Syn. 235.— Ib. Birds 

 Amer. V, 1842, 264; pi. 331. 



? Adidiirus naevius, Heermann, Pr. Acad. N. S. Phil. VII, 1854, 179. (Texas. ) 



fryngiles riifescens, Cab. Baird & Cassin, Gen. Rep. Birds, 739. 



FicoREs.— Traus. Linn. Soc. London, XVI, pi. 2. — Gould, B. of Eur. IV, pi. 326. — Aud. B. of Am. pi. 265 ; oct. ed. V, pi. 

 331.— ViEiLL. Gal. U, j;l. 238. 



Sp. Ch. — Bill about the length of the head, straight, compressed, narrow at the point ; nasal groove long ; wings very 

 long ; first quill longest ; tertiaf ies rather shorter ; tail moderate or longer than usual in this group ; legs rather long ; 

 lower third of the tibia naked ; toes free at base, flattened underneath, and slightly margined ; hind toe small. Upper 

 parts pale ^d dull ashy brown, wit^ ?i yellowish tinge ; every feather with a large central, lanceolate, crescent-shapod, or 

 oblong spcjt o/ black, frequently with a glossy green tinge, especially on the back and shorter tertiaries. Under parts light 

 yellowish red, pr pale fawn color ; many featihers tipped with white, and paler on the flanks and abdomen, on the breast 



