86 SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 
Toranus macuLarius, Zemm. Man. d’Ornith. part ii. p. 656.—Ch. Bonaparte, Sy- 
nopsis of Birds of United States, p. 325. 
SpottTep Sanprirer, Trinea macuLanria, Wils. Amer. Ornith. pl. 59. fig. 1. 
Srortrep TaTLer or Peet WEE T, Nuttall, Manual, vol. ii. p. 162. 
Adult Male. Plate CCCX. Fig. 1. 
Bill a little longer than the head, very slender, subcylindrical, 
straight, flexible, compressed, the point rather obtuse. Upper man- 
dible with the dorsal line straight, the ridge convex, broader at the 
base, slightly depressed towards the end, the sides sloping, towards 
the end convex, the edges sharp, the tip slightly deflected. Nasal 
groove extending over three-fourths of the length of the bill; nostrils 
basal, linear, pervious. Lower mandible with the angle very long and 
extremely narrow, the dorsal line straight, the sides grooved at the 
base, convex towards the end. 
Head small, oblong. Eyesrather large. Neck of moderate length. 
Body rather slender. Feet rather long and slender ; tibia bare nearly 
half its length, scutellate before and behind ; tarsus also scutellate be- 
fore and behind; hind toe very small and elevated; fore toes rather 
long, very slender, connected by basal webs, of which the outer is much 
larger ; second toe considerably shorter than fourth ; all flat beneath, 
and marginate. Claws small, slightly arched, much compressed, ra- 
ther sharp, that of the middle toe much larger, with the inner edge 
considerably dilated. 
Plumage very soft, blended, on the fore part of the head very short. 
Wings long, narrow, pointed ; primaries rather narrow and tapering, 
first longest, the rest rapidly graduated ; secondaries short, broad, in- 
curved, obliquely rounded, the inner elongated and tapering. Tail 
of moderate length, much rounded, of twelve rounded feathers. 
Bill greenish-olive above, yellow beneath, the point of both man- 
dibles black. Eye hazel. Feet pale yellowish flesh-colour, claws black. 
All the upper parts shining deep brownish-olive, the head longitudi- 
nally streaked, the back transversely barred, with black. A line from 
the bill to the eye and beyond it white, another beneath it dusky. All 
the lower parts white, marked with numerous brownish-black spots, 
smaller on the throat, largest and roundish on the breast and sides. 
Axillary feathers pure white, lower wing-coverts white mottled with 
dusky. Quills brownish-black, glossed with green, the elongated in- 
