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tail-feathers light brownish-grey, slightly margined and tipped with 
white, the two central dark like the back. 
Male, 9|, 18. 
From Nova Scotia to Maryland, along the coast. Rather common. 
Migratory. Breeds in the north. 
Tringa pectoralis, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 44. 
Tringa pectoralis, Bonap. Syn. p. 318. 
Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa pectoralis, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 111. 
Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa pectoralis, Ann. Orn, Biog. v. iii. p. 601'; v. v. p. 582. 
331. 4. Tringa maritima, Brunnich. Purple Sandpiper. 
Plate CCLXXXIV. Fig, 1. Adult in summer. Fig. 2. In winter. 
Bill deep orange, dusky toward the end ; feet light orange. Head 
greyish- brown, tinged with purple, its sides and those of the neck deep 
purple ; back and wings brownish-black, with purple gloss, the mar- 
gins of the feathers white; quills brownish-black, their shafts, the tips 
of all the secondaries, and the greater part of the middle ones, white ; 
middle tail-feathers brownish-black, tinged with purple, the lateral 
shaded with ash-grey ; upper part of throat greyish-white, fore neck 
gre^; breast, sides, and abdomen white. In winter, the lower parts 
are pale grey, the upper parts have the purplish tints much fainter, the 
white edgings substituted by dull grey. 
Male, 9i, 14|. 
Abundant from Maine to New York, in autumn and spring. Breeds 
in Hudson's Bay, and on Melville Island. 
Tringa maritima, Bonap. Syn. p. 318. 
Tringa maritima. Purple Sandpiper, Swains. & Rich. F. Bm*. Amer. v. ii p. 382. 
Purple Sandpiper, Tringa maritima, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 558. 
332. 5. Tringa rufescens, ViEiLL. BufF-breasted Sandpiper. 
Plate CCLXV. Male and Female. 
Bill not longer than the head, dull olive-green, dusky toward the 
point ; feet dull yellowish-green ; upper parts greyish-yellow, each 
feather blackish-brown in the centre ; wing-coverts lighter : quills and 
coverts light greyish-brown, greenish-black at the end, with the tip 
whitish, the inner webs whitish in the greater part of their breadth, 
and beautifully dotted with black, in undulating lines ; the inner se- 
condaries like the back ; the two middle tail-feathers greyish-brown, 
at the end dark brown glossed with green, and slightly margined and 
tipped with white, the rest gradually paler to the outer, margined and 
tipped with white, within which are two lines of blackish-brown ; sides 
of the head, fore neck, and sides light yellowish-red, the throat paler, 
the sides of the neck and body spotted with brownish-black, the rest 
of the lower parts paler and unspotted ; lower wing-coverts white, 
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