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BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 
♦ 
half its length, .scutellate before and behind ; tarsus long, slender, having 
before and behind numerous scutella, the narrow lateral spaces with very 
small oblong scales. Toes slender, the first very short, the second much 
shorter than the fourth, the third and fourth connected at the base by a web ; 
the scutella numerous ; claws small, compressed, slightly arched, rather 
blunt. 
Plumage soft, on the neck and lower parts blended ; on the upper rather 
distinct. Wings rather long, acute, narrow; pi'imaries tapering and rounded, 
the first longest, the second a little shorter, the rest rapidly graduated ; 
secondaries obliquely rounded, the inner elongated and tapering. Tail of 
moderate length, much rounded, of twelve rather narrow feathers. 
Bill yellowish-green, the tip dusky, the edges towards the base yellow. 
Iris dark hazel. Legs and tarsi light yellowish-grey, toes rather darker, 
claws brownish-black. Upper part of the head dark brown, with a median 
pale yellowish-brown line, the margins of the feathers also of that colour, 
which prevails along the sides of the head and the back of the neck, which 
are streaked with dusky ; the eye surrounded with yellowish-white. Throat 
yellowish-white, without spots ; fore part and sides of the neck, with a por- 
tion of the breast and sides of the body, cream-coloured, with dusky lines, 
which gradually become arrow-shaped on the breast, forming a*double trans- 
verse band ; the feathers on the sides barred ; the rest of the lower parts 
yellowish-white, the lower tail-coverts I’ich cream-coloured. Axillar feathers 
and lower wing-coverts white, banded with brownish-black. On the upper 
parts the feathers are dark brown, glossed with green, with rich cream- 
coloured margins ; the rump darker. On the margins of the scapulars, 
within the pale edge, is a series of dusky spots, which towards the end 
become continuous. Alula, primary coverts, and primary quills blackish- 
brown, the inner webs crossed by white bands until about an inch from the 
end, the shaft of the first quill white, those of the rest dusky. Secondaries 
greyish-brown, their outer margins pale brown, with dusky spots ; the inner 
darker. The two middle feathers of the tail are dark olive, tinged with 
grey, transversely barred with black, the last bar arrow-shaped, the margins 
light cream-colour ; the next feather on each side lighter, and tinged with 
yellowish-red ; the rest gradually lighter, the outer white, all barred with 
black. 
Length to end of tail 12£ inches, to end of wings 11£, to end of claws 
13£ ; extent of wings 22 ; wing from flexure 7 ; tail 3f ; bare part of tibia 
f V ; tarsus 1-A, first toe r 4 ? , its claw 1 T V ; middle toe 1, its claw f-*- ; bill along 
the ridge 1 T 2 s ; along the edge of lower mandible 1 T \. Weight 6 oz. 
Female. 
The female is a little larger, and weighs 7 oz., but resembles the male in 
