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SCOLOPACIN^. TRINGA. 
those near the edge of the wing black in the centre, primary coverts 
dotted with black, and having a spot of the same near the end. 
Male, 8, 18. 
Along the Atlantic shores from Maine to New York. Rare. Migra- 
tory. Breeds in high northern latitudes. 
^ Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tringa rufescens, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 113. 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tringa rufescens, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 451. 
333. 6 . Tringa alpina, Linn. Red-backed Sandpiper. 
Plate CCXC. Adult in summer and winter. 
Bill one-third longer than the head, slender, slightly curved toward 
the end, and with the feet black. Upper part of the head, back, and 
scapulars, chestnut-red, each feather brownish-black in the centre, and 
the scapulars barred with the same colour ; wing-coverts greyish- 
brown, as are the quills ; the bases and tips of the secondaries, and 
part of the outer webs of the middle primaries white ; tail light brown- 
ish-grey, the two middle feathers darker ; forehead, sides of head, and 
hind neck, pale reddish-grey, streaked with dusky ; fore neck and an- 
terior part of breast greyish- white, streaked with dusky ; on the breast 
a large patch of brownish-black ; abdomen and lower tail-coterts 
white, the latter with dusky markings. In winter, the general colour 
of the upper parts brownish-grey ; the wings and tail as in summer ; 
throat greyish- white ; sides of head and neck, and fore part of the lat- 
ter, pale brownish-grey, faintly streaked with darker, as are the sides ; 
the rest of the lower parts white, with a few streaks on the breast. 
Male, 8^, 15. 
From Nova Scotia to Texas, along all muddy or sandy shores, du- 
ring autumn and spring. Common. Breeds in great numbers on the 
Arctic coasts. 
Tringa Cinclus and alpina, Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 251, 429. 
Red-backed Sandpiper, Tringa alpina. Wins. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 5. 
Tringa alpina, Bonap. Syn. p. 317. 
Tringa alpina, American Dunlin, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 383. 
Dunlin or Ox-bird, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 106. 
Red-backed Sandpiper, Tringa alpina, Auu. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 580. 
334. 7. Tringa subarquata, Temm. Curlew Sandpiper. 
Plate CCLXIII. Adult and Young. 
Bill one-third longer than the head, slightly decurved, dark olive ; 
feet light olive-green ; head, neck, and breast, bright yellowish-red, 
sides whitish, lower tail-coverts white, with a brownish-black spot to- 
wards the end ; on the upper part of the head the central parts of the 
feathers dark brown, and the hind neck and sides of the breast slightly 
streaked with the same ; upper parts mottled with brownish-black and 
light red, the rump pale brownish-grey, as are the smaller wing-co- 
