592 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



striped with black ; lower parts white. Length, 7J inches ; tail, 

 2|^^nches. 



"Abundant both on the coast and inland. During spring 

 freshets frequents the overflowed meadows of the Delaware 

 though in August is found only on the river shore." 

 T. minutilla, Vieill. Least Sandpiper. Peep. 



In winter, plain brownish gray, with dusky streaks; chest 

 pale gray, streaked, and lower parts white ; in summer, top of 

 head rusty ochraceous, streaked with black ; chest brownish 

 white, streaked ; rump and upper tail coverts brownish black. 

 Length, 6 inches ; tail, 2 inches. 



" Very abundant both on the coast and inland. Arrives in 

 May, and re-appears in August. When found in spring or 

 autumn, is always in flocks ranging from ten to fifty." 



T. bairdii, Coues. Baird's Sandpiper. 



Colors of preceding, but larger; throat but little streaked. 

 Length, 7J inches ; tail, 2J inches. Rare east of Mississippi 

 River. 



T. alpina, var. paciflca, Coues [var. americana, Cass.) Red-backed 

 Sandpiper. American Dunlin. Oxbird. Black-bellied Sand- 

 piper. 



Bill slightly decurved ; tibia bare below ; plumage chestnut 

 brown above ; belly, in summer, with a black area ; breast white. 

 Length, 9 inches ; tail, 2^ inches ; bill. If inches ; tarsus, 1 inch. 



"Arrives in April, but makes a limited stay only. Re-appears 

 in August, and throughout September is very plentiful. Has 

 been shot on the Delaware, at Trenton." 



T. ferruginea, Briinn. [Anoyhcheilus subarguata — Abbott's Catalogue.) 

 Curlew Sandpiper. 



Tarsus one and a half times as long as middle toe ; upper tail 

 coverts entirely white; head, neck and lower parts rufous in 

 summer ; upper parts varied with blackish and rusty ; in 

 winter, upper parts plain brownish gray. Length, 8 inches; 

 tarsus, 1^ inches. European, but occasional on this side of 

 Atlantic. 



" Like the maritima, this is a rare species, though not to the 

 same extent. Specimens have been found at Tuckerton and 

 ' Cape May. Never seen along the rivers, nor on the shores of 

 Delaware or Raritan Bays." 



