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rusty fulvous, irregularly marbled with black, the ornamental velvety flecks or papillae coarser and 
less pure white than in A. maritima ; head light fulvous, with markings as in A. maritima; lower 
parts distinctly fulvous laterally. A verage measurements of 14 adults : Wing, 4.86 ; culmen, 1.13 ; 
tarsus, .95 ; middle toe, .86. Hab. Aleutian Islands and contiguous coast of Alaska. 
3. A. ptilocnemis. Breeding-dress : Pileum broadly streaked with ochraceous-buff ; scapulars 
and interscapulars broadly bordered with bright ochraceous-rufous ; foreneck and jugulum pure 
white, sparsely streaked with brownish gray ; breast white, streaked anteriorly, and clouded pos- 
teriorly, with dusky, the latter forming more or less of a patch on each side. Winter dress : In 
general character similar to the corresponding stage of A. maritima and A. Couesi, but very much 
paler, the whole dorsal aspect being light cinereous, the scapulars and interscapulars with small, 
nearly concealed, central spots, the wing-coverts very broadly edged with pure white ; jugulum 
with white largely predominating. Young, first plumage : Similar to A. Couesi, but colors through- 
out much paler, the light borders to the feathers of the dorsal surface broader, the dark centres 
correspondingly decreased. Chick: Similar to that of A. Couesi, but paler, the dark streaks on the 
lores not reaching to the eye. Average measurements of Vi adults: Wing, 5.16 ; culmen, 1.33 ; 
tarsus, .98 ; middle toe, .90. Ilab. Prybilof Islands, Alaska. 
Arquatella maritima. 
THE PURPLE SANDPIPER. 
Tringa maritima, Bp.unn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 54. — Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 678. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. 
II. 1831, 382. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 115. — Aun. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 558, pi. 284 ; Synop. 
1839, 233 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 261, pi. 330. — Cassin, in Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 717. — Baird, 
Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 528. — Coues, Key, 1872, 255 ; Check List, 1873, no. 423 ; Birds N. W. 
1874, 488. 
Arquatella maritima, Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Y. July, 1880, 162 ; Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, 
no. 530. — ■ Coues, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 620. 
? Tringa striata, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 248. 
Tringa undata, Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 55. — Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 678. 
Tringa nigricans, Mont. Linn. Tr. IV. 1796, 40. 
Tringa canadensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. 1801, lxv. 
? Tringa lincolniensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 734. 
Tringa arquatella, Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. II. 1831, 190. 
Tringa littoralis, Brehm, VOg. Deutselil. 1831, 652. 
Hab. Northeastern portions of North America, breeding in the high north, and migrating 
southward in winter to the Middle States, the Great Lakes, and the shores of the larger streams 
in the Mississippi Valley. Bermudas ? Also, the northern portions of the Palsearctic Region. 
Winter plumage. 
Sp. Char. Adult, breeding-plumage : Above, dusky slate, the scapulars and interscapulars 
nearly black, and faintly glossed, the edge of each feather notched or indented with ochraceous 
or dull buff, the terminal portion bordered with dull white or pale butt’ ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 
and middle tail-feathers glossy dusky black, the feathers of the rump sometimes faintly bordered 
with grayish ; remaining rectrices uniform grayish, with white shafts, the shade of gray becoming 
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