PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 
THING J1 PECT0RJ1LIS. 
Plate XXIII. Fig. 2. 
Pelidna peel oralis, Say, in Long's Exp. I, p. 171. 
Tringa pectoralis , Nob. Cat. Birds U. S. Id. Synops. sp. 250. Id. Speech, comp. 
Tringa campestris? Licht. Cat. II, Vogel, p. 74, sp. 764. 
Tringa cinclus dominicensis? Briss. Jlv. V, p. 219, sp. 12, pi. 24, fig. 1. 
Chorlito a cm brun? Azara, IV, p. 284, sp. 404. 
Alouetle de mer de St. Domingue , Briss. loc. cit. 
Philadelphia Museum. 
This humble species, well marked, though closely allied to 
several other Sandpipers, is, as well as I can judge, accurately 
described and figured by Brisson; but since then unnoticed even 
by compilers, his description had become obsolete, when Say 
found the bird in the western territory, and we replaced it in the 
records of the science. We have since shot it repeatedly on the 
shores of New Jersey, where it is common. The species appears 
to be spread throughout the States, extending farther into the 
interior than most of its family : beyond the Mississippi it is very 
common; many flocks of them were seen by Major Long’s party 
both in the spring and autumn at Engineer Cantonment, and it 
is often met with in small parties on the coasts of the middle 
states in the latter part of autumn. It also inhabits the West 
Indies, and, if we are correct in our reference to Azara, is found 
in Brazil and Montevideo. 
Unlike other Sandpipers, this is not addicted to bare sandy 
places, but on the contrary is fond of damp meadows, where it 
shows some of the habits of the Snipe. Solitary individuals are 
