GRALL.E — SCOLOPACID.E — TRINGA, 
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THE CURLEW SANDPIPER. 
Tringa subarqi/ata. 
PLATE XCV. FIG. 213. 
(STATE COLLECTION. CABINET OF THE LYCEUM.) 
Tringa subarquata . Temminck, Vol. 2, p. 609. Bonaparte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 317. 
T. id. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 104. Audubon, B. of Am. Vol. 5, p- 269, pi. 333. Giraud, Birds of 
Long island, p. 236. 
Characteristics. Bill much longer than the head or tarsus, and somewhat curved. Rump 
white : middle tail-feathers longest, acuminate. Naked space of tibia 
0’75. Summer, bright bay. Length, 8*0. 
Description. Bill slender, subcylindrical, slightly arched, scarcely enlarged towards the 
tip, and 1*6 long. Tarsils compressed, 1*1 : hind toe very small. 
Color. Winter, cinereous. Forehead, streak over the eye, upper tail-coverts, and all be¬ 
neath white ; this is also nearly the plumage of the young, in which we notice the light buff 
on the sides of the neck and breast. Summer, general color bright bay. Crown and back 
blackish, streaked and margined with rufous. Nape pale reddish, with a few obscure dusky 
streaks. The female represented in the figure, killed in July, has the face, line over the eye 
and chin light grey ; beneath, the neck, breast and belly chesnut-red, varied with white, and 
with faint curved darkish bars. 
Length, 7*5-8‘5. 
This is another rare northern species, and common to Europe and America. It breeds in 
high northern latitudes, and descends in small numbers as low as New-York, although it has 
been seen in Florida. Mr. Bell informs me that he has seen it occasionally exposed for sale 
in the market at New-York. The two specimens in the State Collection were obtained in the 
months of July and September. The Prince of Canino, in his Geographical List, arranges 
this and the following four species under the genus Pelibna of Cuvier. 
