32 G 
Synopsis of the Birds 
Spotted Sandpiper , Tringa macularia , Wils. Am. Orn* 
vii. p. 60. pl> 59. jfig. 1. adult ; Totanus macularius, JYob* 
Am . Ora. m. young . 
Inhabits throughout North America : though an arctic 
bird, merely an accidental visitant in the north of Europe 1 
very common during the fair season in the middle states where 
it breeds. Solitary. 
This beautiful species, together with its close relative 
T. hypoleucos of Europe, has the bill furrowed, soft, and 
flexible to the point, hard merely at the tip, and therefore, 
almost as sensible as that of the Tringse, to which they form 
the passage : they might constitute a section or subgenus, 
under the name of Tringoides. 
54. LIMOSA. 
Scolopaoc, L. Gm . Lath. Limosa , Briss. Cuv. Leislcr . 
Temm. Ranz. Actitis , III. Limicola, Vieill. 
Bill very long, straight, a little recurved from the mid- 
dle, sub-cylindrical, rather slender, thick at base, very 
soft and flexible its whole length, at the point smooth, much 
depressed, dilated, turgid and obtuse ; both mandibles deeply 
furrowed on each side nearly their whole length ; lower 
shorter ; the upper ending in an internal knob : nostrils in 
the furrows, basal, lateral, covered by a membrane, linear, 
open, pervious : tongue moderate, filiform, acute. Head 
large; eyes very large, central. Neck moderate, stout: 
body inclined, compressed. Feet long, slender, 4-toed; 
naked space of the tibia extensive ; fore toes somewhat sca- 
brous beneath ; middle one longest, connected to the outer 
at base by a membrane ; inner free, hardly shorter than the 
outer ; hind toe short, slender, touching the ground at tip : 
nails falculate, the middle one with a projecting ridge, hol- 
lowed out beneath on the inner side. Wings long, extremely 
acute; quills stiff; first primary longest. Tail moderate, of 
twelve feathers. 
