602 PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Tringa pectoralis, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ch Bonaparte, Synopsis of Birds of 



the United States, p. 318. 

 Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa pectoralis, Ch. Bonaparte, Amer. Oniith. vol. iv- 



pp. 43. pi. 23. fig. 2 — Nuttall, Manual, vol. ii. p. 111. 



Adult Male in Summer. Plate CCXCIV. Fig. 1. 



Bill rather longer than the head, slender, subcylindrical, straight, 

 flexible, compressed at the base, the point rather depressed and obtuse. 

 Upper mandible with the dorsal line straight, slightly decurved towards 

 the end, the ridge convex, towards the end a little flattened, at the point 

 convex, the sides sloping, the edges rather blunt and soft. Nasal groove 

 extending to near the tip ; nostrils basal, linear, pervious. Lower man- 

 dible with the angle long and very narrow, the dorsal line straight, the 

 sides nearly erect, with a long narrow groove, the tip a little broader but 

 tapering. 



Head of moderate size, oblong, compressed. Eyes rather large. Neck 

 of moderate length. Body rather slender. Feet of moderate length, slen- 

 der ; tibia bare for a considerable length ; tarsus compressed, anteriorly 

 and posteriorly with numerous small scutella ; hind toe very small ; the 

 rest rather long, slender, the fourth slightly longer than the second, the 

 third longest, all free, scutellate above, flat beneath, slightly marginate ; 

 claws rather small, slightly arched, compressed, acute, that of third toe 

 much larger, with the inner edge dilated. 



Plumage very soft, blended beneath, slightly distinct above. Wings 

 long and pointed ; primaries tapering, obtuse, the first longest, the second 

 considerably shorter, the rest regularly graduated ; outer secondaries short, 

 obliquely rounded, the inner elongated and tapering. Tail of twelve 

 feathers, rather short, nearly even, but with the middle feathers much 

 longer and pointed, the rest rounded. 



Bill dull olive-green, dusky towards the point. Iris hazel. Feet dull 

 yellowish-green ; claws dusky. Upper part of the head reddish-brown, 

 the central part of each feather brownish-black ; a faint whitish line from 

 the bill to a little beyond the eye ; lores dusky ; sides of the head and an- 

 terior and lateral parts of the neck, with a portion of the breast, light 

 brownish-grey, marked with dark brown lines ; chin and the rest of the 

 lower parts white. The feathers on the upper parts are brownish-black, 

 edged with reddish-brown, those on the wings lighter, primary quills 

 dusky ; the outer secondaries tinged with grey, the inner like the feathers 



