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eastern South America, to Falkland Islands; occa- 
sional in Europe....... 240. T. fuscicollis ViEruu. 
Bonaparte’s Sandpiper. 
g. Wing more than 5.50. Summer adult: Similar to cor- 
responding stage of 7’. fuscicollis, but ground-color 
of upper parts brownish gray, with only the least 
trace of ochraceous on some of the longer scapu- 
lars, and upper tail-coverts conspicuously varied 
with broad V-shaped marks of grayish dusky; 
length about 9.50, wing 5.80, culmen 1.25, tarsus 
1.20. Had. Long Island, New York (only one 
specimen known, obtained May 24, 1833). 
—. T. cooperi Barrp. Cooper's Sandpiper. 
jf’. Median upper tail-coverts plain dusky. 
Summer adult: Crown pale grayish buff, broadly 
streaked with brownish black; scapulars and in- 
terscapulars irregularly spotted with brownish 
black and pale grayish buff, the former largely 
predominating; chest pale grayish buff, streaked 
and spotted with dusky grayish brown; super- 
ciliary stripe, chin, and throat white, the first 
finely but sparsely streaked with dusky; lower 
parts posterior to chest plain white. Winter 
plumage: Above plain buffy grayish brown, the 
feathers with rather indistinct dusky mesial 
streaks; feathers of rump and median upper tail- 
coverts dusky, bordered terminally with dull 
buffy ; lower parts dull white, the sides of neck, 
chest, and sides of breast strongly washed or suf- 
fused with dull buffy. Young: Above dull gray- 
ish buff, the scapulars and interscapulars dusky 
centrally and margined terminally with white; 
top of head streaked with dusky ; otherwise much 
as in winter plumage, but chest streaked with 
dusky. Length 7.00-7.60, wing 4.60-4.85, culmen 
.90-1.00, tarsus 1.00. Eggs 1.30 x .93, light 
creamy buff, sometimes tinged with rusty, thickly 
speckled and spotted with deep reddish brown or 
chestnut. Hab. America in general, but chiefly 
the interior; breeding along arctic coast, and mi- 
grating in winter south to Chili and Argentine 
Republic. 
241. T. bairdii Covxzs. Baird’s Sandpiper. 
@, Wing less than 4.00. 
e'. Middle toe, without claw, shorter than exposed culmen; shafts 
