﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  3 
  II 
  

  

  Pisobia 
  fuscicollis 
  (Vieillot) 
  

  

  (Actodromas 
  f 
  uscicoU 
  is 
  on 
  plate) 
  

  

  * 
  White-rumped 
  Sandpiper 
  

  

  Plate 
  35 
  

  

  Tringa 
  fuscicollis 
  Vieillot. 
  Nouv. 
  Diet. 
  d'Hist. 
  Nat. 
  1819 
  34:461 
  

   Tringa 
  schinzi 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  241, 
  fig. 
  191 
  

   Tringa 
  fuscicollis 
  A. 
  0. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  240 
  

  

  fuscicol'lis, 
  Lat, 
  fuscus, 
  dusky, 
  and 
  colluin, 
  neck 
  

  

  Description. 
  A 
  small 
  sandpiper 
  with 
  the 
  general 
  appearance 
  of 
  

   A 
  . 
  ni 
  a 
  c 
  u 
  1 
  a 
  t 
  a 
  , 
  but 
  smaller 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  tail 
  coverts 
  white, 
  and 
  the 
  

   edgings 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  more 
  rufous, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  more 
  distinctly 
  streaked. 
  

   Winter 
  plumage: 
  Upper 
  parts 
  plain 
  ashy 
  or 
  brownish 
  gray, 
  often 
  showing 
  

   patches 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  and 
  rufous 
  of 
  the 
  summer 
  plumage. 
  Young: 
  Resem- 
  

   ble 
  summer 
  adults, 
  but 
  less 
  distinctly 
  marked, 
  and 
  the 
  edgings 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  

   feathers 
  more 
  rusty 
  and 
  whitish. 
  

  

  Length 
  6.75-8 
  inches; 
  extent 
  15-16. 
  5; 
  wing 
  4.85-5; 
  tail 
  1.8-1.9; 
  tarsus 
  

   .95-1; 
  bill 
  .9-1. 
  

  

  The 
  White-rumped, 
  Bonaparte, 
  or 
  Schinz 
  sandpiper 
  is 
  a 
  fairly 
  common 
  

   migrant 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  arriving 
  from 
  July 
  4th 
  to 
  

   August 
  15th, 
  and 
  disappearing 
  from 
  the 
  ist 
  to 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  October. 
  On 
  

   inland 
  lakes 
  and 
  rivers 
  it 
  is 
  less 
  common, 
  though 
  a 
  regular 
  migrant 
  in 
  western 
  

   New 
  York. 
  Eighteen 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  central 
  lakes 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  dates 
  

   ranging 
  from 
  September 
  20th 
  to 
  November 
  4th; 
  several 
  from 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  

   between 
  September 
  10 
  and 
  October 
  16; 
  one 
  from 
  Putnam 
  county 
  in 
  October 
  

   1889 
  [Meade]; 
  one 
  from 
  Albany 
  county, 
  October 
  25, 
  1884 
  [Parks]; 
  one 
  from 
  

   Seneca 
  river, 
  October 
  13, 
  1906 
  [Fuertes]. 
  Todd 
  in 
  his 
  Birds 
  of 
  Erie, 
  Pa., 
  

   records 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens, 
  the 
  dates 
  ranging 
  from 
  August 
  29 
  to 
  October 
  

   23, 
  and 
  two 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  June 
  4th, 
  1875, 
  by 
  Mr 
  Sennett, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  

   spring 
  record 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  for 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  eastern 
  America 
  breeding 
  within 
  the 
  arctic 
  circle, 
  

   and 
  wintering 
  from 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  to 
  South 
  America 
  and 
  the 
  Falkland 
  

   islands. 
  It 
  resembles 
  the 
  Pectoral 
  sandpiper 
  in 
  habits, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  often 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  sandy 
  shore, 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  plain 
  gray 
  of 
  its 
  winter 
  

   plumage 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  white 
  of 
  its 
  rump 
  suggesting 
  a 
  diminutive 
  Knot. 
  It 
  is 
  

   more 
  gentle, 
  however, 
  and 
  often 
  allows 
  one 
  to 
  approach 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  feet, 
  

   but 
  when 
  startled 
  dashes 
  swiftly 
  away 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  weet, 
  weet. 
  

  

  