246 AVES: LIMICOLH, — XXXVIII. 
390. TRINGA Linneus. (Low Lat., sandpiper.) 
ua. Wing 6 or more; middle pair of tail feathers not longer than the rest. 
(Tringa.) 
759. T. canutus L. Rosin Snipz. Knot. Brownish black, 
reddish brown below ; bill straight ; tarsus not shorter than middle 
toe and claw. L.11. W.64. T. 2}. Atlantic coasts, common. 
(Eu.) (For King Canute.) 
aa. Wing less than 6; middle pair of tail-feathers longer and more pointed 
than the rest. 
6. Tarsus shorter than middle toe with claw, the latter shorter than bill. 
(Arquatella Baird.) 
760. T. maritima Briinnich. PurpLe Sanpripser. Ashy black 
with purplish reflections ; feathers with pale edgings; lower parts 
mostly white; bill nearly straight. L. 9. W. 5. T, 2%. B. 14. 
Atlantic coasts. (Eu.) 
6b. Tarsus longer than middle toe with claw (or else toes very slender, with- 
out distinct lateral membrane), 
c. Bill scarcely longer than tarsus, and not half length of tail. (Acto- 
dromas Kaup.) 
d, Wing more than 4}. 
e. Rump and middle tail coverts plain black or dusky; throat with 
an ashy or brownish suffusion and dusky streaks. 
761. T. maculata Vieillot. Precrorat Snipz. Jack SNIPE. 
Clay-color, striped with blackish above; belly white; breast ashy- 
shaded and sharply streaked. L. 9. W. 5}. B. 14. N. Am, 
abundant. (Eu.) 
ee. Rump dusky, the feathers bordered by pale. 
J. Upper tail coverts white, with or without dusky marks; throat 
sharply streaked, with little if any ashy suffusion. 
762. T. fuscicollis Vieillot. Witr-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Top 
of head buffy, streaked with black; middle tail-feathers mostly 
black. L. 74. W.43. 1T.2}. E.U.S.,coastwise. (Eu.) (Lat. 
fuscus, tawny ; collum, neck.) 
Jf. Upper (median) tail coverts plain dusky. 
763. T. bairdi (Coues). Barrp’s SanppipER. Colors of next 
but larger ; throat but little streaked. L.7to 74. W. 4%. T. 24. 
B.. America, rare E. (To Spencer Fullerton Baird.) 
dd. Wing less than 4. 
764. T. minutilla Vieillot. Least Sanppreer. Prep. Black- 
ish, rusty and white, much variegated ; throat streaked. Smallest 
of the sandpipers, resembling Ereunetes, but the feet different, be- 
ing without webs. L.6. W.3}. T.2. N. Am., abundant. 
ec. Bill considerably longer than tarsus and more than 3 tail. 
g- Tarsus less than 14 times middle toe without claw; upper tail 
coverts mostly dusky. (Pelidna Cuvier.) 
