SCOLOPACINtE. tringa. 
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Exceedingly abundant from Texas to Maine, in winter, spring, and 
autumn. Breeds from Labrador northward. Columbia River. Mi- 
gratory. 
Semipaknated Sandpiper, Tringa seirdpalmata, WiLS. Amer. Orn, v. vii. p. 131. 
Tringa semipalmata, Bonap. Syn. p. 316. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper, Nutt. Man, v. ii. p, 136. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper, Tringa semipalmata, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v, p. 111. 
338. 11. Tringa pusilla, Wils. Little Sandpiper. 
Plate CCCXX. Male and Female. 
Bill a little shorter than the head, straight, greenish-dusky, feet pale 
dull yellowish-green ; feathers of the upper parts brownish-black, 
broadly margined with light brownish-red, some of the scapulars mar- 
gined externally with white, and the larger glossed with green ; alula, 
primary coverts, primary quills, and outer secondaries, greyish-black, 
all more or less narrowly tipped with greyish-white ; secondary coverts 
largely tipped with the same ; primaries externally edged with white 
toward the base, as are the outer secondaries in a fainter degree, the 
inner webs of some of the latter greyish-white toward the base, their 
shafts white ; rump and upper tail-coverts black ; two middle tail- 
feathers black, with pale brownish-red edges, the next feather on each 
side greyish-brown, edged with grejdsh-white, the outer four pale 
greyish-brown, very narrowly margined externally, more broadly in- 
ternally, and along their points with greyish- white ; lateral tail- coverts 
with the outer web white ; from the forehead over the eye to the oc- 
ciput, a band of dull greyish- white, faintly streaked with dusky ; 
loral band and ear-coverts brownish -dusky ; cheeks dull greyish- 
white, faintly streaked with dusky ; throat greyish- white ; sides and 
fore part of neck of the same colour, faintly streaked with dusky ; the 
rest of the lower parts, including the axillars, pure white ; lower sur- 
face of wing pale brownish-grey. In autumn and winter the red 
edgings of the upper parts are substituted by light grey. 
Male, 6f, 11 1. 
Distributed along the whole coast from Texas eastward, and through- 
out all intermediate districts to the Columbia River. Breeds in La- 
brador and the Fur Countries. Found even along the lakes and ponds 
in the woods. Very abundant. Migratory. 
Little Sandpiper, Tringa pusilla, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v. p. 32. 
Tringa pusilla, Bonat. Syn. p. 319. 
Wilson’s Sandpiper, Tringa Wilsonii, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 120. 
Little Sandpiper, Tringa pusilla, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 180, 
Third toe wanting. 
339. 12. Tringa arenaria. Sanderling Sandpiper. 
Plate CCLXXXV. Summer. Plate CCXXX. Male and Female in winter. 
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