Plate CCLXIII. Adult and Young.
Bill one-third longer than the head, slightly decurved, dark olive;
feet light olive-green; head, neck, and breast, bright yellowish-red,
sides whitish, lower tail-coverts white, with a brownish-black spot
towards the end; on the upper part of the head the central parts of
the feathers dark brown, and the hind neck and sides of the breast
slightly streaked with the same; upper parts mottled with
brownish-black and light red, the rump pale brownish-grey, as are the
smaller wing-coverts; quills greyish-brown, primaries darker, outer
secondaries light and tipped with white, inner darker, and glossed
with green; upper tail-coverts white, spotted with brown and red; tail
pale brownish-grey, glossed with green. In winter, the feathers of the
upper parts dark brown, edged with darker, and margined with
greyish-yellow; lore, cheeks, and sides of the neck and body
greyish-yellow, with dusky lines; a broad band from mandible over the
eye, the fore part of the neck, and the rest of the lower parts white;
quills and tail as in winter, but lighter. Young in autumn like the
adult in winter.
Accidental on the Florida coast in winter, rare on those of the middle
districts. Breeds in high latitudes. Migratory.
Tringa subarquata, Bonap. Syn. p. 317.
Cape Curlew or Sandpiper, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 104.
Curlew Sandpiper, Tringa subarquata, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii.
p. 444.