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Teykgites etjfebcbns (V.) Cab. 



Bufi-breaBted Sandpiper. 



Tringa rufeecene, Kiktlaud, Ohio Gteolog. Surv., 1838, 165 ; Am. iRjurn. 8ci. and Arts, xl, 

 1841, 23. 



Tryngitea rufescens, Whbaton, Ohio Agric. Eep. for 1860, 369 ; Eeprint, 1861, 11 ; Food 

 of Birds, etc., Ohio Agrio. Bep. for 1874, 573 ; Eeprint, 1875, 13.— Lajjgdon, Cat. 

 Birdji of Gin., 1877, 15; Eevised List, Journ. Gin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 138; Ee- 

 print, 22. 



Tringa rufe*ctm, Vikillot, Nonv. Diet. d'Hi§t. Nat. xxiiv, 1819, 470. 

 TryngiUa rufeteena, Gabakis, J. f. O., iv, 418. 



QniUs largely white on the inner web, and with beautiful black marbling or mottling, 

 best seen from, below ; tail unbarred, gray, the central feathers darker, all with subter- 

 minal black edging and white tips ; crown and upper parts blaeklsh, the feathers with 

 whitish or tawny edging, especially on the wings ; sides of the head, neck all round 

 and under parts pale rufous, or fawn color, speckled on the neck and breast with due^ ; 

 bill black; feet greenish-yellow Length, 7-8 ; wing, 5-5J; tail, 2i; tarsus, IJ; middle 

 toe and claw, and bill, under an inch. 



Habitat, North America. Migratory in the United States. Eather uncommon along 

 the eastern coast. Breeds in the interior of the fur conntries, and in Alaska. South 

 America. Accidental in Europe. 



Rare migrant, only noted in the fall. In addition to its occurrence 

 noted by Dr. Kirtland, quoted on page 219, it has since been taken on 

 several occasions near Cleveland. A specimen was taken in the immedi- 

 ate vicinity of this city, August 31, 1876, which is now in the museum 

 of the Ohio State University. This bird was in company with Semipal- 

 mated Plover and Semipalmated Sandpipers, on a gravelly bank of the 

 Scioto River. 



The Bufif-breaated Sandpiper is said to resemble the preceeding species 

 in frequenting upland fields and meadows. 



The eggs are four, pointedly pyriform, measuring about 1.45 by 1.05. 

 They are clay-colored, of \te,riou8 shades, sharply spotted and blotched 

 with rich umber-brown. 



Gkxus NUMENIUS. X^neuB. 



Tarsi scnteUate in front only, which diatinguishea this genus from all others of the 

 family. Bill much longer than the head, decnrred. 



NUMENIUS LOKGIEOBTRIS Wils. 

 I-iOiis-billed. Cxu-levcr* 

 Numenius Icmgireairit, B^rtland, Ohio Gtoolog. Surv., 1838, 165, 185 ; Am. Joum. Soi. and 

 Arts, xl, 1841, 24.— Whbaton, Ohio Agric. Eep. for 1860, 369 ; Eeprint, 1861, 11 ; 

 Food of Birds, oto., Ohio Agrio. Eep. Ibr 1874, 573 ; Eeprint, 1875, 13.— Langdcw, 

 Cat. Birds of Gin., 1877, 15 ; Eevised List, Joum. Gin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 183 ; 

 Eeptint, 17. 



Xummiua tongit'oairis, WiMON, Am. Om., vlii, 1814, 26. 



