SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. 
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tliirt 
• ® Esquimaux curlew is eijfliteen iuclics lou", and 
o inches in extent ; the bill, which is four inches 
Pur r 1 is black towards the point, and a pale 
Ilea I I ' ’’nili" ll'u base ; iipjier part of the 
hroi\ ii, divided by a narrow stripe of brownish 
iris**?’ *’5'® extends a broad line of pale drab; 
ilark T*' > I'in*! Pant of the neck, strcaki'd with 
Ij heown ; fore part and whole breast, very pale 
bap"!!’ I'PP®*' part ot' the body, pale diab, centred and 
^C(l fluvL* ' 'kivrl nj-liv/t/t n'tflt cik^vt-fr nf* 
I'ith 
J ’ . i’P'-* t VI LllU UVU^’, pclic* UI«IV, CVIIUCU till 
on tf*^ ^ brou n, and edged \i ith sjiots of whit 
lyL . ** exterior vanes ; three first primaries, black, wit 
bro * ®I'atts ; rump and tail-coverts, barred with dark 
ta'p'l '' ’ " bite ; vent, tbe same, marked with zig- 
ba* brown ; whole lining of the wing, beautifully 
"ith brown on a dark cream ground ; legs and 
^ed thighs, a pale lead colour. 
GENUS XLlX. — TlilXGA, BrissOX. 
SUBGENUS I. nEMIFALMA, BONAPARTE. 
217. TSISGA SEMIPALIIATA, WILSON. 
SE5IIPALMATED SANDPIPER. 
WILSON, PLATE LXIII. FIG. IV. 
t-oh”^* Is one of the smallest of its tribe, and seems 
aiiotl'^,* ontirely overlooked, or confounded with 
"'Iiich inocli resembles, {tringa pusilla,') and 
It 'I it is often found associated, 
of p' .11, " ebbed feet, how'ever, are sufllcieiit marks 
w;*], ’,*'®IIon between the two. It arrives and departs 
pOj,|. ruddy jtlover; flies in tlocks with the stints, 
at a few others; and is sometimes seen 
shop ®®**®I'Ierable distance from the sea, on the stmdy 
SJoijt/ our fresh water lakes. On the ‘23d of 
EurP I “Of "'ith a small flock of these birds in 
Luke Champlain. They arc nume- 
tbo ®*ong the .sea shores of New Jersey, but retire to 
South on the approach of cold weather. 
‘‘‘s species is six inches long, and twelve in extent; 
