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webs of the primary quills. The markings of the wing-fea- 
thers render this species easily distinguishable from all the 
rest. 
Male, 8, 18, 5^, 1 A? t%* Female, 9, 20. 
This species, which is said to be not uncommon on the 
eastern coasts of North America, has occurred twice in Eng- 
land ; an individual, now in the possession of Mr Yarrell, 
having been shot in September 1826, in the parish of Mel- 
bourne, in Cambridgeshire, another in the end of July 1832, 
at Sherringham, in Norfolk. 
Tringa rufescens, Yarrell, Linn. Trans, xvi. 109. — Tringa 
rufescens, Selby, Illustr. ii. 142. — -Tringa rufescens, Buff- 
breasted Sandpiper, Aud. Ornith. Biogr. iii. 451. — Tringa ru- 
fescens, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds. 
180. Tringa pectoralis. Pectoral Sandpiper. 
Bill a sixth longer than the head, scarcely deflected at the 
end ; tail with the middle feathers pointed, and much longer 
than the lateral, of which three on each side are equal ; tar- 
sus an inch and a twelfth and a half long ; bill olivaceous, 
dusky toward the end, feet dull yellowish- green. In winter, 
the feathers of the upper parts greyish-brown, with a darker 
medial streak, and pale brownish-grey margins ; the wing- 
coverts lighter, the rump dusky ; the primary quills blackish- 
brown, the first with its shaft white, the secondaries grey, 
edged with white, as are the tail-feathers, except the middle 
two, which are dusky toward the end ; the cheeks, sides, and 
fore part of the neck, with part of the breast and sides of the 
body, greyish- white, streaked with dusky ; the chin and lower 
parts white. In summer, the feathers of the upper parts 
brownish-black, broadly margined with brownish-red, the 
rump black ; the wings and tail as in winter ; the cheeks, 
neck, and part of the breast and sides, brownish -grey, with 
larger streaks of brownish-black. 
Male, 9, 18, 5 X 9 ^, 1 1 T ^ and -J, x \. Female, 9J, 19. 
This species inhabits the eastern coasts of North America, 
and is very abundant on those of the New England States. 
Its habits appear to be similar to those of the Dunlin and 
other species. An individual, a female, was killed on the 
17th October 1830, on the borders of Breydon Broad, near 
Yarmouth. 
Tringa pectoralis, Audub. Ornith. Biogr. iii. 601. — Tringa 
pectoralis, Temm. Man. d ? Ornith. iv. 397. — Tringa pectoralis, 
