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TRINGA MACULATA 



(PECTORAL SANDPIPER.) 



Tringa cinclus dominicensis, Briss. Orn. v. p. 219 (1760). 



Tringa maculata, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxxiv. p. 465 (1819). 



Tringa pectoralis, Say in Long's Exp. i. p. 171 (1823). 



Pelidna pectoralis (Say), Bp. Comp. List, p. 50 (1838). 



Tringa dominicensis, Degl. Orn. Eur. ii. p. 232 (1849). 



Pelidna maculata (Vieill.), Bp. Compt. Eend. xliii. p. 596 (1856). 



Actodromas maculata (Vieill.), Coues, Proc. Phil. Acad. 1861, p. 197. 



Tringa (Limnocinclus) maculata (Vieill.), Gray, Hand-1. of B. iii. p. 49. no. 10303 (1871). 



Figure notabiles. 

 Audubon, B. Am. pi. 329; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 327; id. B. of G. Brit. iv. pi. 67. 



Ad. ptil. ast. pileo et corpore nigro-fuscis, plumis cinereo et ochraceo-cervino marginatis: uropygio nigro : 

 rectricibus centralibus nigricantibus ochraceo-fusco marginatis, reliquis fusco-cinereis albo apicatis : 

 remigibus nigricantibus, extimo rhachi alba, secundariis intimis dorso concoloribus : tectricibus alarum 

 nigricanti-cinereis, pallide cinereo marginatis : mento albo : capitis lateribus, gula et pectore griseo- 

 albis, conspicue nigro-fusco striatis et notatis : corpore reliquo subtus albo, hypochondriis vix cervino 

 tinctis et fusco striatis : rostro viridi-nigro, ad basin pallide olivaceo : pedibus ochraceis : iride fusca. 



Ptil. Mem. corpore supra magis ochraceo et rufescenti notato : gutture et pectore pallide griseis, indistincte 

 fusco striatis. 



Adult in spring (Wisconsin, 28th May). Crown and upper parts generally blackish brown, the feathers 

 broadly margined with dusty greyish buff and ochreous buff; rump blackish; central rectrices blackish, 

 narrowly edged with ochreous brown, outer rectrices dusty cinereous, tipped with white ; quills blackish, 

 the shaft of the first quill white, elongated inner secondaries like the back ; wing-coverts blackish grey, 

 margined with light grey ; chin white ; sides of the head, neck, and upper breast greyish white, clearly 

 striped with blackish brown, the base of the feathers dark brown ; rest of the underparts white, the 

 flanks slightly washed with buff, and striped with blackish brown ; bill greenish black, light olive-green 

 at the base; legs clay-yellow; iris dark brown. Total length about 8"5 inches, culmen 12, wing 5-0, 

 tail 2'3, tarsus 1 - 1, 



Adult in autumn (Washington, 23rd September) . Differs from the spring dress in having the feathers on 

 the upper parts margined here and there with rufous, and those on the throat and breast much whiter, 

 with rather indistinct blackish brown stripes. 



Although this Sandpiper is essentially a New-World species, it has occurred so often in Great 

 Britain that it cannot be excluded from the list of European birds, though it is only known as a 

 rare straggler, its true home being America. Yarrell (3rd ed. iii. pp. 82, 83) cites the following 



