^ventj Mid inferior tail-coverjtst ^ure white, plumage plumbeous at
base;, scapulars" and lesser wing-eoverts margined with, white
greater wing-co-vetts with a broad^hite tip*; primaries surpassing
th^.tip bf tire tail, blackish, sligfkly.eflged with, whitish,»exterior
Shaft .white, shafts whitish on, the middle of their length# rump
blackish, plumage Margined at tip \rith cinereous tinctured with
riillms; tai^4to>jerts whiter, submargins black'; tail-feather s cine-
reóhs5 margined-"' wjth white, two middle, ones - slightly .longer,,
black ipargjned with white ;*legs blackish. Adult male; Length
to tipoL tail seven inches. Bill seven eighths> of- an inch.”
"‘This birthwas shot in November near. Engineer Cantonment;
andP^Mr. Say., thought it wasfprotóbly a vyisiety. of the vlpjy
changeable üinclus (Tringa ttlp irip )jp its winter plumage. It is-
this veSwr’lpècimen that we have had representë^ftf its full sike in
the annexed figure* in order that naturalists m^^jud^^m we are
right in the coarse th a t we haVe* ehcfsen. Bè it as it nHïy,; w© are»
satisfied that Tringa schinzii i$ # goed speêie^ Wéü distingnishe*
from^Tringa alpina by;ifs smaller size, and proportionally even
shorter bill. The more extensively white upper tail-coverts are
the -beslpand most conspicuous mark : it is also to be observed
-that in the summer dre§»s the ferruginous color qfetbe upper -part
is paler, thêfc black spot of the breast more restricted and less
p a re ; and thje neck more braudly streaked.; Both s<|ges are
mosdbver perfectly «alike in color, which is never the paiseuirithe
alpina in spring dress. I t belongs ter the subgenuS* Tringa, of
which we l$ve already treated, and it is common to both continents.
In • Amerjea it-is found from-far beyond the Mississippi
to the Atlanta; shores, and is rather common in autumn on the
coasts of Nefw Jérsey» either in flocks by themselves, or mixing in
company wjth other Sandpipers, with which it has lyery habit in
common..#
SCIIINZ’S SANDPIPER. 7 1
The specimens that y e shot in New Jefsey measured seven
inches in length and aïïfee fourteen in extent. The bill is very
nearly but not quite an inch long, compressed and black from the
base : the crown, neck above, and interscapulary region are of a|i
ashy-bgpwn, much darker in the centre of each feather and
lighter on their margins ; on the lower portion of their back this
darker color widening, predominates, and becomes black, so that
the tips of the feathers only are of the general pale;.ashy color ;
the upper »fiaiIn v e rts are- White, blackish along, the stóft and"'
towards the margin of the outer vane : a whitish stripe runs from
thte very origiapf the bill ©ver each eÿè ; - th y eheéïpPlïdés :ofthe
neck and breast are whitish streaked with ashy dusky along tSe
sh^ft of the fcatherss, giving these parts an obscurely lineated
appearancej the ^throat quite to the bil^ aad all the remainis^,
under p « ts are- white, the bottom of the plumage being plumbeous,,
and a few hands of that, color appearing across the lower
flank feathers. The wings are four inches and a quarter long,
with the tertials and scapularies remarkably tapering and acuminate,
shorter by a good inch than the two first quill-feathers : all
the wing-coverts are of the color of the body, but a little darker,
each having a pale gray margin, the in n e r. great coverts have a
very-pure white tip : the shafts of all the quill feathers are pure
white at. least for a good portion near the centre : the primaries
are blackish ash : the " secondaries- paler and margined with
whitish, the tertials are again blackish edged with pale grayish :
the under surface of the wing is of a silvery gray ; the under
wing-eoverts white marbled with dusky. The tail is two and a
quarter inches long : the four lateral leathers each side are very
nearly equal in length, of a pale ash color margined and shafted
with white : they become gradually darker as they are nearer the
centre, the fifth each side- is blackish ash, a trifle longer than
those already described, and has a very conspicuous pure white