260 THE PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Tringa pectoralis, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bonap. Amer. Orn., vol. iv. p. 44. 



Tringa pectoralis, Bonap. Syn., p. 318. 



Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa pectoralis, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 111. 



Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa pectoralis, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iii. p. 601; vol. v. p. 582. 



Male, 9i, IS. 



From Nova Scotia to Maryland, along the coast. Rather common. Mi- 

 gratory. Breeds in the north. 



Adult Male in summer. 



Bill rather longer than the head, slender, sub-cylindrical, straight, flexible, 

 compressed at the base, the point rather depressed and obtuse. Upper man- 

 dible with the dorsal line straight, slightly decurved towards the end, the 

 ridge convex, towards the end a little flattened, at the point convex, the 

 sides sloping, the edges rather blunt and soft. Nasal groove extending to 

 near the tip; nostrils basal, linear, pervious. Lower mandible with the 

 angle long and very narrow, the dorsal line straight, the sides nearly erect, 

 with a long narrow groove, the tip a little broader but tapering. 



Head of moderate size, ohlong, compressed. Eyes rather large. Neck 

 of moderate length. Body rather slender. Feet of moderate length, slen- 

 der; tibia bare for a considerable length; tarsus compressed, anteriorly and 

 posteriorly with numerous small scutella; hind toe very small; the rest 

 rather long, slender, the fourth slightly longer than the second, the third 

 longest, all free, scutellate above, flat beneath, slightly marginate; claws 

 rather small, slightly arched, compressed, acute, that of third toe much 

 larger, with the inner edge dilated. 



Plumage very soft, blended beneath, slightly distinct above. Wings long 

 and pointed; primaries tapering, obtuse, the first longest, the second consider- 

 ably shorter, the rest regularly graduated; outer secondaries short, obliquely 

 rounded, the inner elongated and tapering. Tail of twelve feathers, rather 

 short, nearly even, but with the middle feathers much longer and pointed, 

 the rest rounded. 



Bill dull olive-green, dusky towards the point. Iris hazel. Feet dull 

 yellowish-green; claws dusky. Upper part of the head reddish-brown, the 

 central part of each feather brownish-black; a faint whitish line from the 

 bill to a little beyond the eye; lores dusky; sides of the head and anterior 

 and lateral parts of the neck, with a portion of the breast, light brownish- 

 grey, marked with dark brown lines; chin and the rest of the lower parts 

 white. The feathers on the upper parts are brownish-black, edged with 

 reddish-brown, those on the wings lighter, primary quills dusky; the outer 

 secondaries tinged with grey, the inner like the feathers of the back. Tail- 

 feathers light brownish-grey, slightly margined and tipped with white, the 

 two central dark, like the back. 



