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than the head ; the margin of the feet is insen- 

 sible. 



Purre Sandpiper and Dunlin^ Lath. ( Tringa Cin- 

 clus et Alpina.) 



One-third less than the great sandpiper ; is like it in 

 winter ; ashen above, white beneath, with the breast 

 clouded with grey. (Wils. VII., LVII., 3.) In 

 summer, the plumage above is fulvous, spotted with 

 black. There are small black spots on the front of 

 the neck and breast, and a black patch under the 

 beUy. It is then the Tr. Alpina of Gm., or Tr. 

 Cinclus, B. Enl. 852. Tr. Cinclus, L. Enl. 851, is 

 an intermediate state. 



Found in all parts of the world. The Tringa 

 Variabilis^ Meyer, Numenius Variabilis, Bechst, 

 Tringa Ruficollis of Pallas, and Scolopax Pu- 

 silla, Gmelin. 



Schenz's Sandpiper. Pelidna Cinclus, Var. Say. 

 Tringa Schenzii, Bonap. Amer. Orn. iij. t. 



Bill hardly longer than the head, scarcely curved, 

 entirely black ; rump, blackish ; middle tail-feathers, 

 longest ; tarsus, three-quarters of an inch long ; both 

 continents. 



Pectoral Sandpiper. Pelidna Pectoralis, Say, Lug. 

 Exped. Bonap. Amer. Om. iij. t. 



Bill shorter than the head, compressed, and reddish- 

 yellow at the base ; rump, dark ; middle tail-feathers, 

 longest ; feet, greenish-yellow ; tarsus, one inch long. 

 North America and West Indies. 



