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SCOLOPACID^, SNIPE, ETC. GEN. 207-211. 



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Fig. 1C6. Bill and foot of Amerifau Duiili 



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birds have tawny edgings above, and are mottled with ashy and dusky 

 below. Atlantic coast, rather common. Nutt., ii, 115;- Aud., v, 261, 

 330; Cass, in Bd., 717 MAPaiiMA. 



ft Tarsus not shorter than middle toe ; tibiiE bare helow. 

 , -i-Bill slightly decurved, much longer than tarsus. (Pelidna.) 



American Dunlin. Blacli-Tjellied Sandpiper. Red-bached Sandpiper. 

 Ox-bird. Bill longer than head or tarsus, compressed at the base, rather 

 depressed at the end, and usuall}^ appreciably decurved; 8-9 ; wing 4^-5 ; 

 tail 2-2J^ ; bill 1 J-lf ; tibire bare about ^ ; tarsus 1 or rather more ; middle 

 toe and claw 1 or rather loss. Adult in summer : above, chestnut, each 

 feather with a central black field, aud most of them whitish-tipped, rump 



and upper tail coverts blackish, tail 

 feathers and M'ing coverts ashy-gray, 

 quills dusky with pale shafts, second- 

 aries mostly white, and inner pri- 

 maries edged with the same ; under 

 parts white, belly with a broad, jet- 

 black area, breast and jugulum 

 thickly streaked with dusky ; bill 

 and feet black. Adult in winter, and j'oung : above, plain ashy-gray, with 

 dark shaft lines, with or without red or black traces ; below white, little or 

 no trace of black on belly ; jugulum with few dusky streaks and an ashy 

 sufl'usion. N. Am. Wils., vii, 25, pi. 56, f. 2; 39, pi. 57, f. 3; Nutt., ii, 

 106; Aud., v, 266, pi. 332; Cass, in Bd., 719. alpina var. ameeicana. 



X -f--!- Bill much decurved, slightly longer than tarsus. (Ancylocheilus.) 



^1/" Curleiu Sandpiper. Bill longer than head or tarsus, compressed through- 

 out, decurved ; size of the last ; legs longer ; tibire bare f ; tarsus 1-J- ; 

 middle toe aud claw under an inch ; bill about Ii. Adult in summer : 

 above, greenish-black, each feather tipped and edged with yellowish-red ; 

 below, deep broAvnish-red ; upper tail coverts white with dusky bars ; tail 

 ash3'-gray, with greenish gloss ; wing coverts ashy with reddish edgings and 

 dusky shaft lines ; quills dusky, the shafts whitish along their central por- 

 tion ; bill and feet greenish-black. Adult in winter, and young : similar ; 

 above, duller blackish with little reddish; below, white, more or less bulfy- 

 tinged, the jugulum dusky-streaked. Atlantic coast, extremely rare, little 

 more than a straggler; Europe; Asia; Africa. Nutt., ii, 104; Aud., v, 



269, pi. 333; Cass, in Bd., 718 subakquata. 



-i--i-H- Bill perfectly straight. (Tringa.) 



p^'v Bed-breasted Sandpiper. Ash-colored Sandpiper. Gray-bacTc. Robin- 

 snipie. Knot. Bill equalling or rather exceeding the head, straight, compar- 

 atively stout ; toes evidently shorter than tarsus ; large, 10-11 ; Aving 6-6i ; 

 tail 2^, nearly square; bill about IJ- (very variable); tarsus 1^ ; middle 

 toe and claw 1 ; tibire bare J or more. Adult in summer: above, brownish- 

 black, each feather tipped with ashy-white, and tinged with reddish on the 



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