(BAIRD'S SANDPIPER.)
+Tringa dorsalis+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 503 (Mendoza)?
+Tringa bairdi+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 145; _iid. P. Z. S._
1868, p. 144, et 1873, p. 455 (Buenos Ayres); _Seebohm, Plovers_,
p. 444. +Actodromas bairdi+, _Baird, Brew., et Ridgw. Water-B. N.
A._ i. p. 230.
_Description._--Above brown varied with blackish; rump and upper
tail-coverts blackish: beneath white, neck and sides of breast pale
fulvous-brown, with blackish shaft stripes; bill and feet black:
whole length 6·8 inches, wing 4·5, tail 2·1. _Female_ similar.
[Illustration: Tail-feathers of BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. (Seebohm's
'Plovers,' p. 444.)]
_Hab._ Arctic America, migrating south to Patagonia in winter.
This is likewise an Arctic-American species which visits South America
in winter. I have met with it in small flocks near Buenos Ayres in April
and May; and it has also been procured in Chili.