Synopsis of the Birds 
sippi to the Atlantic shores ; rather common in the autumn 
on the coast of New Jersey. Exceedingly allied to the pre- 
ceding ; hardly distinguished but by its inferior size, and 
shorter bill and tarsi. 
250. Tringa pectoralis, Nob. Bill shorter than the head, 
compressed and reddish-yellow at base ; rump black; mid- 
dle tail feathers longest ; feet greenish-yellow, tarsus one inch 
long. 
Summer plumage varied with black and rufous, beneath 
white ; breast cinereous, strongly lineated w ith blackish. 
Winter, cinereous-brown, beneath white. 
Pectoral Sandpiper , Tringa pecto rails, Nob. Jim. Orn . 
in. Pelidna pectoralis, Say in Long’s, e p. 
Inhabits throughout the United States and West Indies : 
common beyond the Mississippi ; often met with on the coasts 
of New-Jersey in the latter end of summer. 
£51. Tringa pi.atyrhinca, Temm. Bill longer than the head, 
slightly curved at the point, much depressed and reddish at 
base ; rump black ; middle tail feathers longest ; feet green- 
ish-ash ; tarsus less than one inch long. 
Summer plumage varied with blac k and rufous; beneath 
pure white : w inter, cinereous, beneath w hite. 
Numenius pygmceus, Lath nec Bechst. Naum Nog. t. 10 . 
fig. 22. adult in summer plumage. 
Inhabits both continents: extremely rare in the United 
States. 
252. Tringa maritima, Brunn. B‘dl longer than the head, 
hardly curved at the point, compressed and reddish at base ; 
rump black ; middle tail feathers longest ; feet yellow; naked 
space above the tarsus very small. 
Summer dress purplish-black varied with white and rufous, 
beneath whitish with blackish spots: winter, blackish, beneath 
whitish streaked with dusky. 
