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TRINGIN^E. TRINGA, 
Tringa subarquata, Curlew-billed Sandpiper* MacGillivray, 
Brit. Birds* iv. 
183. Tringa Schinzii, Schinz’s Sandpiper. 
Bill about the length of the head, straight; tail nearly 
even* but with the middle feathers considerably longer ; tar- 
sus eleven-twelfths long ; bill and feet dusky. In winter* 
the plumage brownish-black above* the feathers edged with 
greyish-yellow* the scapulars with light red* the wing-coverts 
greyish-brown* with a medial dusky line ; the rump white ; 
the secondary quills tipped with white ; tail light grey* the 
two middle feathers brownish-black toward the end ; sides 
of the head, fore-neck* anterior part of the breast* and sides 
of the body greyish-white, with slender lanceolate brownish- 
black streaks ; the rest of the lower parts white. 
This species has been found in various parts of North 
America, from Hudson’s Bay to the Gulf of Mexico* and in 
one instance in the*south of England* Mr Gould having intro- 
duced it into his splendid work on the Birds of Europe* in 
consequence of having seen a specimen killed at Stoke Heath* 
near Market Drayton* Shropshire, and in the possession of 
Sir Howland Hill. The species is distinguishable from Tringa 
Cinclus by its white rump, independently of its other charac- 
Tringa Schinzii, Bonap. Synops. of Birds of Unit. States* 
249. — Tringa Schinzii, Audub. Ornith. Biogr. iii. 529. — * 
Tringa Schinzii, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. iv. 401. — Tringa 
Schinzii, Schinz’s Sandpiper* MacGillivray* Brit. Birds* iv. 
184. Tringa platyrhyncha. Flat-billed Sandpiper. 
Bill half as long again as the head, rather thick at the 
base, a little decurved at the end; tail with the lateral 
feathers equal, the medial considerably longer ; tarsus an inch 
in length ; bill reddish at the base, black toward the end ; 
feet greenish-grey. In summer, according to M. Temminck* 
the upper part of the head blackish-brown* with two narrow 
longitudinal light red bands; a white streak dotted with 
brown over the eyes ; the loral band dusky ; sides of the head 
whitish, streaked with brown ; feathers of the upper parts 
black* narrowly edged with red ; throat, breast, and abdomen 
white ; fore part and sides of the neck and breast reddish- 
white* spotted with brown ; lateral tail-coverts white* each 
Female, 7J. 
ters. 
