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secondaries broadly edged with white, forming a 

 band on the wings ; outer secondary coverts reddish- 

 brown, inner black; outer scapulars white, with 

 dusky spots ; inner scapulars reddish brown. In 

 winter the colors are duller. Length nine inches, 

 wing five and three-quarters." — Qiraud. 



Sandpiper. 



Genus Tringd. 



Generic Distinctions. — Bill straight, slender, and 

 tapering, compresserl towards the end, and but little 

 longer than the head ; body rather full ; wings very 

 long and pointed ; tail rather short and nearly even ; 

 tarsi moderate ; hind toe very small, and sometimes 

 wanting ; fore toes slender, of moderate length, and 

 generally divided. 



Robin-Snipe. 



Eed-breasted Sandpiper. 



Tringa Cinereaj Wils. Winter. 



Tringa Rufa, Wils. Spring. 



This delicious and beautiful bird, although far 

 from plentiful, furnishes excellent sport, coming 

 readily to stool, and flying regulai-ly and steadily. It 

 mostly affects the marshy islands lying between the 

 salt water creeks, and derives its name from a 

 fancied resemblance to the robin, as he is termed 

 among us. It is always gentle, occasionally abun- 

 dant, and generally fat and tender ; by reason of its 



