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140 PURPLE SANDPIPER. 
many ; but, according to Teniminck, never in Hoi 
land. 
PURPLE SANDPIPER. 
(Totanus maritimus.) 
To. griseo nigi-oque varius subtus albus,jugi(lo cnuddque obsciiris, 
reciricibus lateralibus quatiior nlbo murginatis. 
Sandpiper varied with black and grey, beneatli white, the jugu- 
luni and tail obscure, the four lateral tail-featliers margined 
M'ith white. 
Summer Plumage.? — Tringa maritima, Gmel. Sijst. Nat. 1.678. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 731. Sabine. Linn. Trans, xii. .534. 
Tringa nigricans. Mont. Linn. Trans. 4. 40. p/. 2. 
Sea Sandpiper. Marhvick. Linn. Trans. 4. 22.pl. 1. 
Sehiinger Sandpiper. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 480. Lnth. Gen. Syn. 
5. 173. Lath. Syn. Sup. 2. 312. 
Purple Sandpiper. fValc. Syn. 2. 155. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. and 
Sup. 
Tringa Lincolniensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 734..'' 
Black Sandpiper. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. \ 97.? Lath. Gen. Syn. 
Sup. 251. ? 
Becasseau violet. Tennn. man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. ii. 610. 
Young. ? — Tringa striata. Li7in. Syst. Nat. 1. 248. Gmel. Sysf. 
Nat. 1. 672. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 733. 
Totanus striatus. Bi iss. Orn. 5. 196.^;/. 18.y^ 1. 
Le Chevalier raye. Buff. Ois. 7-516. Buff. PL Erd. 827. 
Le petit Chevalier aux pieds rouges. Cicv. Reg. Anini. 1. 494. } 
Striated Sandpiper. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 383. Lath. Gen. Syn. 
5. 176. 
Montagu describes this species in the following 
words. Length eight inches and a half : the beak 
is slender, an inch and a quarter long, tapering 
