. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. Trvngites subruficollis. Char. Upper "^^Tts yellowish brown mottled with black ; central tail- feathers greenish ack, others paler and barred towards the tips ; under parts huffish with a rufous tinge, the linings of the wings paler and beau- tifully marbled with black; breast with a few dark spots. Length about
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. Trvngites subruficollis. Char. Upper "^^Tts yellowish brown mottled with black ; central tail- feathers greenish ack, others paler and barred towards the tips ; under parts huffish with a rufous tinge, the linings of the wings paler and beau- tifully marbled with black; breast with a few dark spots. Length about 8 inches. A^csf. On a knoll in a grassy plain or near a river bank,—a slight depression lined with a little moss or grass, or a few leaves. Eje^ 4 ; pale reddish buff sometimes tinged with olive, profusely marked with lavender and rich reddish brown of several shades; X I 00. This elegant species, some setT^ons, is not uncommon in the market of Boston in the montii of August and September, being met with near the capes of Massachusetts Bay. My friend Mr. Cooper has also obtained specimens from the vicinity of New York; and it was first discovered by Veil- lot in the then Territory of Louisiana, so that, coursing along the shores of the Mississippi, and thus penetrating inland, it probably proceeds, as well as in the vicinity of the sea-coast, to its northern destination to breed, and is often here associ- ated with the Pectoral Sandpiper, which it resembles very much in size and bill, though perfectly distinct in plumage. As. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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