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U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY-GENERAL REPORT, 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sox. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
2519 
3 
Carlisle, Pa. 
Oct. 13,1845 
S. F. Baird. 
8.32 
15.00 
4.75 
2518 
3 
8.32 
15.16 
4.80 
1052 
3 
Cape May, N. J. 
May —,1842 
9.00 
15.80 
5.00 
10412 
Q 
3941 
California. 
5566 
Q 
Petaluma, Cal. 
4602 
St. Helen’s, O. T. 
May 3,1854 
68 
8.50 
15.25 
feet black. 
6668 
6674 
54 
9.00 
16.00 
6671 
.do. 
May 3,1854 
68 
8.50 
15.25 
6669 
Fort Steilacoom, W. T. 
April —,1853 
4591 
Feb. 6,1856 
8.50 
15.00 
4.84 
9540 
Nov. 30,1856 
9538 
8.25 
13.50 
4.50 
9539 
Actodromas, Kaup . 1 
TRINGA. MACULATA, Vie ill. 
Jack Snipe. 
Tringa maculata, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. XXXIV, 1819, 465. 
Tringa pectoralis, Say, Long’s Exped. I, 1823, 171.— Bon. Am. Orn. IV, 1832, 43; pi. xxiii.— Nutt. Man. II, 111.— 
Aud. Orn.Biog. Ill, 1835,601: V,582; pi. 291 .—Ib. Syn.233 .—Ib. Birds Arner. V, 1842, 259; pi. 329] 
Tringa campestris, Light. Verz, 1823, 74, (not of Vieillot, 1819.) 
Figures. —Bonap. Am. Orn. IV, pi. 23, fig. 2.—Aud. B. of Am. pi. 294; oct. ed. V, pi. 329.—Gould B. of Eur. IV, pi. 327. 
Sp. Ch.—B ill rather longer than the head, compressed, slightly depressed and expanded at the tip; nasal groove long; wings 
long; legs rather long, tibia with nearly its lower half naked; toes free at base, flattened underneath and slightly margined; 
tail rather short; middle feathers pointed. Entire upper parts brownish black; all the feathers edged and tipped with ashy and 
brownish red; rump and upper tail coverts black, some of the outer feathers of the latter edged with white. Line from the bill 
over the eye ashy white; throat, abdomen, under wing coverts, axillary feathers, and under tail coverts, white. Breast and neck 
before ashy white; all the feathers darker at base, and with partially concealed lanceolate or pointed spots of brownish black. 
Quills brownish black; shaft of first primary white, of others brown; secondaries tipped and edged with white; tertiaries edged 
with dull reddish yellow. Bill and feet dark greenish black. Total length about 9 inches; wing, 5^ ; tail, 2£; bill to gape, 1J; 
tarsus, 1 inch. 
Bab. —The entire coasts of North America; South America; Europe. 
Of rather frequent occurrence on the coast of the Atlantic, and rearing its young in the 
northern States of the Union. In the present collection also are specimens from western North 
America, and in the Museum of the Philadelphia Academy we find numerous examples from 
various parts of South America. This bird is easily recognized hy its spotted breast and the 
light yellow of the basal portion of the hill. We have no doubt that the description and name 
given hy Vieillot, as above, apply to this species. 
This species has been ascertained to breed abundantly in Wisconsin by Professor T. Kiimlein, 
an energetic cultivator of zoological science, now resident in that State. In the Museum of the 
Philadelphia Academy, specimens from various countries of South America are in the winter 
Actodromas, Kaup, Sk. Ent. Europ. Thierw. 1829. Type Tringa minuta, Leislek. 
