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ZOOLOGY. 
TRINGOIDES MACULARIUS, (Linn.) Gray. 
Spotted Sandpiper. 
Tringa macularia, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 249.— Wils. Am. Orn. VII, 1813, 60; pi. lix. 
Totanus mandarins, Temminck, Man. II, 1820, 656.— Bon. Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 211.— Nutt. Man. II, 1834, 162.— 
Aud. Orn- Biog. IV, 1838, 81 ; pi. 310. —Ib. Syn. 242 —Ib. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 303 ; pi. 342. 
Actites macularius, Bon. List, 1838. 
Tringoides macularius, Gray, genera.— Baird & Cassin, Gen. Rep. Birds, 735. 
Figures. —Wilson, Am. Ora. VII, pi. 59, fig. I—Aud. B. of Am. pi. 310, oct. ed. V, pi. 342. 
Sp. Ch. —Small; bill rather longer than the head, straight, slender ; long grooves in both mandibles ; wing rather long, 
pointed; tail medium, rounded; legs rather long; lower third of the tibia naked; toes long, margined, and flattened under¬ 
neath ; outer connected with the middle toe by a large membrane ; inner very slightly connected to the middle toe. Upper 
parts brownish olive green, with a somewhat metallic or bronzed lustre, and with numerous longitudinal lines, and sagittate, 
lanceolate, and irregular spots of brownish black, having the same lustre. Line over the eye and entire under parts white, 
with numerous circular and oval spots of brownish black, smaller on the throat, largest on the abdomen. Quills brown, with 
a green lustre; primaries slightly tipped with white, and having a white spot on their inner edges; secondaries white at their 
bases, and tipped with white; middle feathers of the tail same green as other upper parts, outer tipped with white, and with 
irregular bars of brownish black. Bill yellowish green, tipped with brown ; feet reddish yellow. When fresh, the bill is 
black, yellow at base, and feet flesh color, according to Cassin. 
Young less bronzed above, and under parts white, without spots. 
Total length, 7£ to 8 inches ; extent, 12|; wing, 4$ ; tail, 2; bill, 1; tarsus, rather less than 1 inch. 
Hab. —Entire temperate North America ; Oregon. Europe. 
Two specimens which I obtained of the “tip-up,” or peet-weet snipe of the northwest, 
both seemed to differ slightly from the description of the Tringoides macularius in the text of 
Audubon’s Synopsis, but in habits, voice, size, and general appearance the Pacific and Atlantic 
birds appear identical. The species is not abundant in Oregon and less so in Washington 
Territory. 
At Panama, in January, 1856, I saw u peet-meets” quite common on the shores of the bay and 
islands in the vicinity. I suppose that the birds I there saw were identical with the Oregon 
species.—S. 
The spotted sandpiper is common during summer in the interior, frequenting the margins of 
brooks and rarely appearing along the coast. It raises its young in the Territory and retires 
south in October.—C. 
TRYNGITES RUFESCENS, (Vie ill.) Cab. 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 
Tringa rufescens, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. XXXIX, 470. (Louisiana.)— Ib. Galerie Ois. II, 1825, 105; pi. 238.— 
Nutt. Man. II, 1834, 113. —Aud. Ora. Biog. Ill, 1835, 451 ; pi. 265. —Lb. Syn. 235. — Ib. Birds 
Amer. V, 1842, 264 ; pi. 331. 
? Adidurus naevius, Heermann, Pr. Acad. N. S. Phil. VII, 1854,179. (Texas.) 
Tryngites rufescens, Cab. Baird & Cassin, Gen. Rep. Birds, 739. 
Figures. —Trans. Linn. Soc. London. XVI, pi. 2_Gould, B. of Eur. IV, pi. 326.—Aud. B. of Am. pi. 265 ; oct. ed. V, 
pi. 331. —Vieill. Gal. II, pi. 238. 
Sr. Ch. — Bill about the length of the head, straight, compressed, narrow at the point ; nasal groove long ; wings very 
long; first quill longest; tertiaries rather shorter; tail moderate or longer than usual in this group; legs rather long; 
lower third of the tibia naked; toes free at base, flattened underneath, and slightly margined ; hind toe small. Upper 
parts pale and dull ashy brown, with a yellowish tinge ; every feather with a large central, lanceolate, crescent-shaped, or 
oblong spot of black, frequently with a glossy green tiDge, especially on the back and shorter tertiaries. Under parts light 
yellowish red, or pale fawn color; many feathers tipped with white, and paler on the flanks and abdomen,on the breast 
