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  The 
  Purple 
  sandpiper, 
  Rock 
  sandpiper, 
  or 
  Winter 
  snipe, 
  is 
  holarctic 
  in 
  

   distribution, 
  breeding 
  in 
  the 
  arctic 
  regions 
  and 
  often 
  wintering 
  in 
  high 
  

   latitudes, 
  but 
  migrating 
  regularly 
  to 
  the 
  Middle 
  States 
  and 
  casually 
  to 
  

   Florida. 
  Though 
  principall}-^ 
  a 
  maritime 
  species, 
  it 
  occurs 
  rarely 
  on 
  the 
  

   Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  other 
  inland 
  waters. 
  It 
  prefers 
  a 
  rugged 
  coast 
  where 
  the 
  

   rocks 
  covered 
  with 
  seaweed 
  are 
  exposed 
  at 
  low 
  tide 
  furnishing 
  a 
  bountiful 
  

   supply 
  of 
  small 
  aquatic 
  animals 
  which 
  are 
  its 
  favorite 
  food. 
  

  

  In 
  Mr 
  Butcher's 
  Lonp- 
  Island 
  Notes 
  we 
  find 
  about 
  25 
  records 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  1880-93, 
  the 
  dates 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   October 
  31st 
  to 
  March 
  5th. 
  The 
  number 
  taken 
  on 
  each 
  date 
  varies 
  from 
  one 
  

   to 
  eight 
  [see 
  also 
  Auk, 
  5 
  : 
  178]. 
  Mr 
  Lawrence 
  also 
  records 
  it 
  from 
  Rockaway, 
  

   L. 
  I., 
  [Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  10: 
  235; 
  see 
  also, 
  Berier 
  N. 
  0. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  6: 
  126], 
  

   Dr 
  Braislin 
  from 
  Great 
  South 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I., 
  November 
  23, 
  1899 
  [Auk, 
  19: 
  146]. 
  

   Mr 
  Flahive 
  from 
  Seneca 
  lake 
  [Birds 
  of 
  Cen. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  p. 
  32], 
  Mr 
  Bruce 
  from 
  

   Lake 
  Ontario 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1883, 
  Mr 
  Burtch 
  from 
  Branchport, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  

   September 
  14, 
  17, 
  1904, 
  and 
  Mr 
  Webster 
  from 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  near 
  Troy. 
  

   It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  Toronto, 
  Ont., 
  November 
  3, 
  1900 
  [Ames, 
  Aul:, 
  

   18: 
  107], 
  and 
  in 
  Ohio 
  [Wheaton, 
  Birds 
  of 
  Ohio, 
  p. 
  476]. 
  

  

  Pisobia 
  maculata 
  (Vieillot) 
  

  

  (Actodromas 
  maculata 
  on 
  plate) 
  

  

  Pectoral 
  Sandpiper 
  

  

  Plate 
  3S 
  

  

  Tringa 
  maculata 
  Vieillot. 
  Nouv. 
  Diet. 
  d'Hist. 
  Nat. 
  1819. 
  34:465 
  

   Tringa 
  pectoralis 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  242, 
  fig. 
  193 
  

   Tringa 
  maculata 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  239 
  

  

  macula' 
  ta, 
  Lat., 
  spotted 
  

  

  Description. 
  Bill 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  head; 
  tibia 
  bare 
  

   for 
  a 
  space 
  about 
  two 
  thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  tarsus; 
  tarsus 
  equal 
  to 
  middle 
  

   toe; 
  jugulmn 
  and 
  breast 
  conspicuously 
  streaked; 
  tail 
  doubly 
  emarginate, 
  

   central 
  feathers 
  longest. 
  Summer: 
  Upper 
  parts 
  black 
  broadly 
  margined 
  

   with 
  ocherous 
  buff; 
  rump 
  and 
  central 
  tail 
  coverts 
  black; 
  lateral 
  tail 
  coverts 
  

   mostly 
  white; 
  primaries 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  shaft 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  one 
  white; 
  lateral 
  

   tail 
  feathers 
  brownish 
  gray 
  slightly 
  tipped 
  and 
  margined 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  jugulum 
  

   and 
  breast 
  streaked 
  with 
  dusky 
  and 
  dingy 
  buff; 
  throat 
  and 
  belly 
  white; 
  bill 
  

  

  