BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 725 
with flesh color; plumage, chocolate brown, darker on the head, and 
tinged with bluish gray ; quills, lighter 6n the under surface. Male, 174. 
Habitat, North-West Coast and Mouth of Columbia River. 
Hematopus Bachmanii, Aud. v. 245, plate 427; Syn. p. 229. 
344. Hematopus Townsendii, Jud. — 'Townsend’s Oyster-Catcher. 
Bill, vermilion, paler at end; feet, blood red; plumage, chocolate 
brown; on the head, neck, and breast, darker, and tinged with bluish 
gray; shafts of quills, whitish, their under surface, light brownish gray ; 
wing-coverts, narrowly tipped with brownish white. Female, 20. Habi 
tat, coast of California and along the shores of the Pacific Ocean. 
Hematopus Townsendii, Aud. v. 247 ; plate 427; Syn. p. 229. 
FAMILY IV.— SCOLOPACIDA, Vigors. 
GENUS I.—TRINGA, Linn.—SANDPIPER. 
345. Tringa cinerea, Wilson. — Ash-colored Sandpiper, Wilson, p. 482, 
Tringa Islandica, Bonap. Syn. p. 259. Nutt. ii. 125, Aud. iv. 130; plate 315; 
Syn. p. 231. — Tringa cinerea, Rich. § Swain, ii. 387. 
346. Tringa alpina, Linn. — Red-backed Sandpiper, ilson, p. 475. 
Eggs, four, light greenish yellow, irregularly spotted with deep brown. 
Tringa alpina, Bonap. Syn. p. 317. Rich. & Swain. ii. 383. .Vutl. ii. 186. dud. iii 
580; plate 290; Syn. p. 334. 
“347. Tringa semipalmata, Wilson. — Semipalmated Sandpiper, Wi- 
son, p. 542. 
Tringa semipalmata, Bonap. Syn. p. 316. Nutt. ii. 136. dud. v. 111; plate 405 ; 
Syn. p. 336. | 
348. Tringa pusilla, Wilson.— Little Sandpiper or Peep, Wilson, 
p- 347. 
Nests on the ground in Labrador. Eggs, four, large for the bird, cream 
yellow, blotched and dotted with dark amber. 
‘Tringe pusilla, Bonap. Syn. p. 319. Nutt. ii. 120. Aud iv. 180; Syn. p. 237; plate 
20. 
349. Tringa pectoralis, Bonap. — Pectoral Sandpiper. 
Bill, olive green ; feet, yellowish green; upper part of head, reddish 
brown, the central part of each feather, brownish black ; faint whitish line 
from bill to beyond the eye; sides of head, front and sides of neck and 
breast, light brownish gray, with longitudinal dark brown lines; chin, 
breast, and abdomen, white; feathers of upper parts, brownish black, 
edged with reddish brown, those on wings, lighter; outer secondaries 
tinged with gray and tipped with white; tail, light brownish gray, mar- 
gined and tipped with white. Male, 94, 1c. Habitat, from Nova Scotia 
to Maryland. 
Tringa pectoralis, Borap. Orn. iv. 44; Syn. p. 318. Nutt. ii 111. Aud iii. 601; 
v. 582; plate 294; Syn. p. 232. 
350. Tringa maritima, Brunnich. — Purple Sandpiper. 
Bill, deep orange ; feet, light orange; head, grayish brown, tinged with 
purple ; sides and neck, deep purple; back and wings, brownish black 
with purple gloss; middle tail-feathers, brownish black, tinged with 
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