TOTANUS MACTJLARIUS. 



(SPOTTED SANDPIPER.) 



Tringa macularia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 249 (1766). 



The Spotted Tringa, Edw. Gleanings, ii. p. 139, pi. 277 (1806). 



Totaaus macularia (Linn.), Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 422 (1815). 



Totanus macularius (Linn.), Vieill. Nouv. Diet. vi. p. 406 (1816). 



Actitis macularia (Linn.), Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 979. 



Tringoides macularia (Linn.), Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 574 (1846). 



Actitis notata, Bonap. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 597 (1856). 



Actitis wiedi, id. ut supra. 



Tringoides macularius (Linn.), Gray, Hand-1. of B. iii. p. 46. no. 10280 (1871). 



Tringites macularius, Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 309. 



Totanus hypoleucus, var. macularius, Ridgw. Ann. Lye. New York, x. p. 384 (1874). 



Figurce notabiles. 



Edwards, Gleanings, pi. eclxxvii.; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. ccexvii.; id. B. of Great Britain, iv. 

 pi. lix.; Wilson, Am. Orn. vii. pi. lix. fig. 1 ; Audubon, B. of Am. pi. cccx.; id. 8vo ed. v. 

 pi. cccxlii.; id. Orn. Biogr. iv. pi. cccx.; Naumann, Vog. Deutchlands, Taf. exev.; 

 Reichenb. Grallse, tab. Ixxiv. fig. 591, tab. ccclviii. figs. 211, 212. 



Ad. capite et corpore supra fusco-olivaceo metallico nitente, capite et collo postico nigricante striatis, corpore 

 reliquo supra nigricante guttato, fasciato et notato, sed uropygio et supracaudalibus fere immaculatis : 

 remigibus olivaceo-fuscis, primariis vix albo apicatis et in pogonio interno plaga albtl notatis : secun- 

 dariis ad basin albis et albo terminatis : rectricibus medianis dorso concoloribus, reliquis albo apicatis 

 et nigro-fusco fasciatis : corpore subtus et stria superciliari albis, illo ubique nigro-fusco guttato : 

 rostro ad basin carneo, versus apicem sordide fusco : pedibus pallide carneo-rubris : iride fusci,. 



Juv. corpore supra olivaceo-fusco nee metallico nitente et vix nigro-fusco notato, sed tectricibus alarum 

 nigricante fasciatis : mento, gula et corpore subtus albis immaculatis, sed gutturis lateribus pallide 

 cinereo-fusco lavatis. 



In immature plumage the present species closely resembles Totanus hypoleucus, but may be distinguished by 

 having all the secondaries broadly barred with ashy brown, whereas T. hypoleucus has some of the 

 innermost secondaries nearly pure white. 



Adult Female (Washington, April 24th). Upper parts brownish olivaceous, with metallic gloss; head and 

 neck striped with blackish, the rest of the upper parts with blackish-brown bars, stripes, and spots, 

 but the rump and upper tail-coverts are very slightly marked ; quills olivaceous brown, the primaries 

 very narrowly tipped with white, and with a large white blotch on the inner web; secondaries white at 

 the base, and broadly tipped with white ; median tail-feathers like the back, the remainder tipped with 



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