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rusty fulvous, irreguliirly marbled with black, the ornamental velvety flecks or papillae coarser and 

 less pure white than in .4. marUiiaa; head light fulvous, with markings as in A. maritima ; lower 

 parts distinctly fulvous laterally. Avcrmji; measurements of 14 ada/ts : Wing, 4.8G ; culnien, 1.115 ; 

 tarsus, .95 ; middle tue, .SG. Hah. Aleutian Islands and contiguous coast of Alaska. 



3. A. ptilocnemis. ISreedituj-dress : Pileum broadly streaked with ochraceous-buff ; scapulars 

 and interscapulars bruatlly bordered with bright ochraceous-rufous ; foreneck and jugulum pure 

 wliite, sparsely streaked with brownish gray ; breast white, streaked anteriorly, and clouded i)os- 

 teriorly, with ilusky, the latter forming more or less of a patch on each side. IVinter dress : In 

 general character similar to the corresponding stage of ^1. maritima and A. Coucsi, but very much 

 paler, the whole dorsal aspect being light cinereous, the scapulars and intei'scapulars with small, 

 nearly concealed, central spots, the wing-coverts very broadly edged with pure white; jugulum 

 with white largely predominating. Young, first plumage ; Similar to A. Couesi, but colors througli- 

 out much paler, the light borders to the feathei's of the dorsal surface broader, the dark centres 

 correspondingly decreased. Chick : Similar to that of A. Couesi, but paler, the d;irk streaks on the 

 lores not reaching to the eye. Average measurements of \'i adults: Wing, 5. 10 ; culmen, 1.33 ; 

 tarsus, .98 ; middle toe, .90. Hob. Prybilof Islands, Alaska. 



Arquatella maritima. 



THE PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



Tringa maritima, BrCkn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 54. — Gmel. S. N. I. 17S8, 678. —Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. 



II. 1831, 382. — NuTT. iMan. II. 1834, ll.o. — Aun. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 558, pi. 284 ; Synop. 



1839, 233; B. Am. V. 1842, 261, pi. 330. — Cassik, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 717. — B.\ird, 



Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 528. — CouES, Key, 1872, 255 ; Check List, 1873, no. 423 ; Birds N. W. 



1874, 488. 

 Arquatella maritima, RiDOW. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. July, 1880, 162 ; Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, 



no. 530. — CouES, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 620. 

 ? Tringa striata, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 248. 



Tringa undata, BrUnn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 55. — Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 678. 

 Tringa nigricans, Mont. Linn. Tr. IV. 1796, 40. 

 Tringa canadensis, Latu. Ind. Orn. Suppl. 1801, Ixv. 

 ? Tringa lincolniensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 734. 

 Tringa arquatella. Pall. Zoog. Rosso-.\s. II. 1831, 190. 

 Tringa littoralis, Bkeuji, Viig. Deutschl. 1831, 652. 



Hab. Northeastern portions of North America, breeding in the high north, and migrating 

 southward in winter to the Middle States, the Great Lakes, and the shores of the larger streams 

 in the Mississippi Valley. Bermudas ? Also, the northern portions of the Paltearctic Region. 



Winter 'plumage. 



Sp. Char. Adult, breeding-plumage : Above, dusky slate, the scapulars and interscapulare 

 nearlv black, and faintly glossed, the edge of each feather notched or indented with ochraceous 

 or dull buff, the terminal portion bordered with dull white or pale buff ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and middle tail-feathers glossy dusky black, the feathers of the rump sometimes faintly bordered 

 with grayish ; remaining rectrices uniform grayish, with white shafts, the shade of gray becoming 

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