MARSH SANDPIPER. 67 



wing coverts dark brown ; inferior parts white, marked 

 witli small brown spots on the neck, the crop, and 

 cheeks; primaries brown, tipped with whitish; beak 

 brown; legs greenish ash. 



My figure is from a specimen sent me by Mr. 

 Tristram. It is a female in breeding plumage, and 

 was killed at Memphis, March 18th., 1858. The egg 

 is from Thienemann. 



It has also been figured by BufFon, pi. enl. 876; 

 E.OUX, Orn. Prov., pi. 295, (male;) Bouteille, Ornith. du 

 Dauph., pi. 55, f. 3; Gould, B. of E., pi. 314. 



