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KKY TO THE BIKDS OF EASTERN N'OltTH AJIEKICA. 



Section 4. Toes, four, without web; bill, over 1.10; and 



less than 1.90. 



Winter, 



Bill, decurved near tip; one or more of inner secondaries, 

 almost entirely white ; iippi-r i,iU untvrtn, not idiitr^ Inured with blark ; 

 legs and feet, black. SpriDg binls have lilae-k on the belly, and 

 back, rufous brown anil lilack. Fall birds liave the IjcUy white aud 

 l)aek gray. Tringa alpina pacijlca. Red-backed Sandpiper. 



American Dunlin. 

 See No. 198. 



Trini^a alpina pacifica. 



