Plate CCXCIV. Male and Female.
Bill dull olive-green, dusky towards the point; feet dull
yellowish-green; upper part of head reddish-brown, the central part of
each feather brownish-black; a faint whitish line from the bill to a
little beyond the eye; lores dusky; sides of head and anterior and
lateral parts of neck, with a portion of the breast, light
brownish-grey, with longitudinal dark brown lines; chin, breast, and
abdomen white; feathers of the upper part brownish-black, edged with
reddish-brown, those on the wings lighter; primary quills dusky, outer
secondaries tinged with grey, and narrowly tipped with white, inner
like the back; tail-feathers light brownish-grey, slightly margined
and tipped with white, the two central dark like the back.
_Male_, 9-1/4, 18.
From Nova Scotia to Maryland, along the coast. Rather common.
Migratory. Breeds in the north.
Tringa pectoralis, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v.
iv. p. 44.
Tringa pectoralis, Bonap. Syn. p. 318.
Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa pectoralis, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p.
111.
Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa pectoralis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii.
p. 601; v. v. p. 582.