246 AVES : LIMICOL^. — XXXVIII. 



390. TRINGA Linnaeus. (Low Lat., sandpiper.) 



a. Wing 6 or more; middle pair of tail feathers not longer than the rest. 

 ( THnga.) 



759. T. canutus L. Robin Snipb. Knot. Brownish black, 

 reddish brown below ; bill straight ; tarsus not shorter than middle 

 toe and claw. L. 11. W. 6^. T. 2 J. Atlantic ' coasts, common. 

 (£u.) (For King Canute.) 



oo. Wing less than 6 ; middle pair of tail-feathers longer and more pointed 

 than the rest. 

 b. Tarsus shorter than middle toe with claw, the latter shorter than bill. 

 (Arquatella Baird.) 



760. T. maritima Briinnich. Purple Sandpiper. Ashy black 

 with purplish reflections ; feathers with pale edgings ; lower parts 

 mostly white ; bill nearly straight. L. 9. W. 5. T. 2|. B. If 

 Atlantic coasts. (Eu.) 



bb. 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 Kauj).) 

 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. Pectoral Snipe. Jack Snipe. 

 Clay-color, striped with blackish above ; belly white ; breast ashy- 

 shaded and sharply streaked. L. 9. W. 5^. B. If N. Am., 

 abundant. (Eu.') 



ee. Rump dusky, the feathers bordered by pale, 

 y. Upper tail coverts white, with or without dusky marks; throat 

 sharplj' streaked, with little if any ashy suffusion. 



762. T. fuscicollis Vieillot. Whitb-rumped Sandpiper. Top 

 of head buffy, streaked with black ; middle tail-feathers mostly 

 black. L. 7^. W. 4|. T. 2f E. U. S., coastwise. {Eu.) (Lat., 

 fuscus, tawny ; collum, neck.) 



ff. Upper (median) tail coverts plain dusky. 



763. T. bairdi (Coues). Baird's Sandpiper. Colors of next 

 but larger ; throat but little streaked. L. 7 to 7^. W. 4f . T. 2\. 

 B. \. America, rare E. (To Spencer Fullerton Baird.) 



dd. Wing less than 4. 



764. T. minutilla Vieillot. Least Sandpiper. Peep. Black- 

 ish, rusty and white, much variegated ; throat streaked. Smallest 

 of the sandpipers, resemblinc; Ereunetes, but the feet different, be- 

 ing without webs. L. 6. W. 3|. T. 2. N. Am., abundant. 



cc. Bill considerably longer than tarsus and more than 3 tail. 



g. Tarsus less than IJ times middle toe without claw; upper tail 

 coverts mostly dusky. (Pelidna Cuvier.) 



