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Genus TRINGA Linn^us. 



Middle tail feathers longer and more pointed than the rest; tarsns longer 

 than the middle toe and claw; exposed culmen not longer than the tarsus, and less 

 than half as long as the tail (Sub-genus Ado' dramas) \ wing more than 4.50; rump and 

 tail coverts plain brownish black ; shaft of all the quills white for a portion of its 

 length. Adult male: General color above sandy rufous streaked with black down the 

 centre of the feathers ; lesser wing coverts dull brown ; primary coverts blackish; crown 

 of head bright sandy rufous streaked with black ; lores and a distinct eyebrow white 

 with a narrower streak of blackish; under surface of body white; the chin unspotted; 

 the throat and fore neck tinged with rufous and minutely spotted. Female similar. 

 Winter: Much browner than the summer plumage without the rufous except on the 

 head Young: With more rufous on the upper parts than the old birds. Length 7.75, 

 wing 5.10, tail 2.10, culmen .90, tarsus 1.20, middle toe i.io. Hab. Far north, breed- 

 ing in Alaska, migrating south. Oahu,"'* Maui, Laysan. 



47. T. acumina'ta'' (Horsi. ). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 



Genus HBTl^RACTI'TIS Stejneger. 



General color above uniform ash-greyisli with slightly indicated lighter margins; 



nasal grooves more than half as long as the exposed culmen ; lower back, rump and 



upper tail coverts- purer grey; wing coverts like the back; lores blackish. Winter: 



Under surface of the body white with ash-grey shade over the fore neck and chest; sides 



of flanks and chest also ashy grey. Female similar. Summer: Above plain brownish 



grav varied with dusky ; lower parts white tinged with grayish on the fore neck ; fore 



neck streaked; rest of lower parts barred with dusky. Young: Above brownish grey, 



the feathers margined with buff or pale ochraceous and finely mottled transversely with 



greyish. Length 10.50-12.00, wing 6.40-6.75, tail 2.90-3.00, culmen i. 50-1. 70, tarsus 



1. 25-1. 32, toes 1. 25-1. 30. Hab. Pacific coast of America, southward, wide-ranging. 



Hawaiian Islands. 

 PI. XXV., 9159. 48. H. incanus (Gmei,.). Wandering Tatler, Ulili. 



Genus I^IMO'SA Brisson. 



Wing without white patch ; with the tail distincflly barred ; upper tail coverts 

 white with brownish or dusky markings ; under parts, head and neck plain cinnamon 

 color ; general color over the back blackish mottled with chestnut red ; wing covert s 

 greyish varied with dusky shaft streaks and whitish margins. Ulntcr: Head, neck 

 and lower parts whitish, darkest on the chest, streaked with dusky about the head and 

 neck ; breast and sides of body with a few shaft streaks and bars of brownish grey. 



28The Museum's specimen of T. acuminata was taken by Mr. A. V. Judd iu Moanalua valley near Honolulu. I have examined a specimen 

 taken on Maui by Brother Matthias which is now in the St. Louis College cabinet. Dr. Schauinsland includes it in his list from Laysan. 

 29 Tringa americana^ Cass., is added by Dr. Schauinsland's list of birds from Laysan ; also T. maculata, Vieill, from Hawaii (Hensh.) 



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