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TEYNGITES BUFESCENS. 



(BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER.) 



Chorlito garganta blanca acanelado, Azara, Apunt. Hist. Nat. Pax. Paraguay, iii. p. 320. 



no. 403 (1805). 

 Tringa subruficollis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxxiv. p. 465 (1819, ex Azara). 

 Tringa rufescens, Vieill. torn. cit. p. 470 (1819). 

 Actitis rufescens (Vieill.), Schlegel, Rev. Crit. p. 92 (1844). 

 Actiturus rufescens (Vieill.), Bp. Rev. Crit. p. 186 (1850). 

 Tringoides rufescens (Vieill.), J. E. Gray, Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 178 (1850). 

 1 Limicola brevirostris, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 92 (1854). 

 *Actidurus ncevius, Heermann, Proc. Phil. Acad. vii. p. 179 (1854). 

 Tryngites rufescens (Vieill.), Cabanis, Journ. fur Orn. 1856, p. 418. 

 " Tringa squalida, Natt. Catal. msc. antea," fide Pelz. Orn. Brazil, p. 310 (1871). 



Figures notabiles. 



Vieill. Gal. des Ois. p. 238 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 326 ; id. B. of G. B. iv. pi. 64 ; Audubon, 

 B. Am. pi. 331 ; Heermann, Pac. R.Road Report, x. pt. vi. pi. 6. 



Ad. suprh, ochrascenti-cervinus, plumis centraliter nigris, dorsi plumis albido apicatis : secundariis intimis 

 elongatis nigro-fuscis, vix metallico adumbratis et ocbraceo marginatis : remigibus extus nigro-fuscis, 

 versus apicem saturatioribus, scapis albis, in pogonio interno albis et griseo-albidis nigro marmoratis, 

 apicibus vix albido marginatis : Cauda, fusca, vix metallico tincta, albicante cervino apicata, et fascia 

 subapicali nigra notata, rectricibus extimis nigro marmoratis : corpore subtus ocbraceo, abdomine 

 pallidiore, plumis in pectore albido apicatis, nonnullis in lateribus centraliter nigro notatis : rostro 

 virescenti-nigro : iride fusca, : pedibus ocbraceo-flavidis. 



Juv. adulto similis sed dorsi et uropygii plumis saturatioribus, nigro-fuscis, albido anguste marginatis, scapu- 

 laribus et secundariis elongatis albido marginatis et magis metallico tinctis : corpore subtus pallidiore. 



Adult Male (Matamoras, Mexico, August). Upper parts clay-buff, the centres of the feathers black, those 

 on the back tipped with dirty white ; elongated inner secondaries blackish brown with a metallic tinge, 

 edged with ochreous : primaries and short secondaries externally blackish brown, darker towards the 

 tip, the shafts white, the inner webs greyish black near the shaft, otherwise white, marbled with black, 

 the tip narrowly edged with white ; tail brown with a greyish metallic tinge, tipped with buffy white 

 and a subterminal blackish band, the outer rectrices sbghtly marbled with blackish ; underparts clay- 

 yellow, rather paler on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, the feathers on the breast with yellowish 

 white tips, some on each side of the breast with black central blotches ; lesser under wing-coverts 

 yellowish white, larger ones with a broad subterminal black band, tipped with white, the basal portion 

 marbled with black ; bill greenish black ; iris hazel-brown ; legs clay-yellow. Total length abou I 

 7 inches, culmen 0'9, wing 5*15, tail 2 - 25, tarsus T25. 



Adult Female (Matamoras) . Resembles the male, but is, perhaps, a trifle smaller. 



