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SCHINZ’S SANDPIPER. 
Male, 7§, 14f. 
From Labrador to St. Augustine in Florida, and Kentucky, during 
autumn. Missouri. Saskatchewan Plains. Not very rare. Migratory; 
Breeds in high northern latitudes. 
Adult Male in winter. 
Bill about the length of the head, slender, sub-cylindrical, straight, com- 
pressed at the base, the point slightly enlarged and rather obtuse. Upper 
mandible with the dorsal line straight, excepting at the tip, the ridge narrow 
and convex, broader and flattened towards the end, the sides sloping, the 
edges rather obtuse. Nasal groove extending to near the tip ; nostrils 
basal, linear, pervious. Lower mandible with the angle long and extremely 
narrow, the dorsal line straight, the sides sloping outwards, the tip a little 
broader than that of the upper. 
Head rather small, oblong, compressed. Neck of moderate length. Body 
rather slender. Feet rather long, slender ; tibia bare a third part of its 
length ; tarsus compressed behind, covered anteriorly and posteriorly with 
numerous scutella, which scarcely leave any intermediate space ; hind toe 
extremely small ; the rest of moderate length, slender, the fourth slightly 
longer than the second, the third longest ; all free, there being only a very 
slight rudimentary web between the third and fourth, flat beneath, slightly 
marginate with rather pointed scales. Claws small, slightly arched, com- 
pressed, rather acute, that of the third toe much larger, within the inner 
edge dilated. 
Plumage very soft, blended on the lower parts, the feathers distinct above. 
Wings very long, pointed ; primaries tapering, obtuse, the first longest, the 
second almost equal, the rest rapidly graduated ; outer secondaries incurved, 
narrow, obliquely sinuate at the end of the outer web, the inner rounded 
and extending beyond the outer ; inner secondaries very narrow, tapering 
to a point, reaching, when the wing is closed, to about half an inch from its 
tip. Tail of moderate length, nearly even, but with the two middle feathers 
exceeding the rest, the number of feathers twelve. 
Bill and feet dusky. Iris brown. The general colour of the upper parts 
is brownish-black, each feather' edged w r ith yellowish-grey, the scapulars 
with light red. Wing-coverts greyish-brown, the shaft black ; primary and 
secondary coverts tipped with white ; quills brownish-grey, darker towards 
the tips, the inner primaries and outer secondaries more or less edged and 
tipped with whi t’e ; the tail-coverts white, with a dusky spot, excepting the 
two central, which are blackish, with a few greyish-white markings. Tail- 
feathers light grey, the two middle brownish-black towards the end. Sides 
of the head, fore neck, anterior part of breast and sides greyish-white, with 
