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Pil. estiv. Supra olivaceo-brunnea, vix ceeneo adumbrata, fasciis transversis nigris ornata: subtus alba, fasciis 
et maculis nigris guttata: rostro viridescenti-olivaceo, mandibula flavicante, ad apicem brunnea; pedibus 
pallide flavicanti-carneis ; iride coryllina. (Descr. avis adulte ex Cozumel. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Norra America to Alaska, breeding throughout its range, less common on the 
Pacific coast 2°.—Mexico (Deppe & Schiede*+®, Sumichrast °°, Mann"), Matamoros 
(Dresser! 22), Tamesi, Tampico (Richardson *), Rio de Iglesias, Chihuahua 
(Lloyd **), Colima (Xantus 8), Zacatecas, Calotlan and Bolafios in Jalisco, Aguas 
Calientes, Chimalapa, and Tehuantepec (Richardson ?*), Dos Arroyos, Amula, and 
Acapulco in Guerrero, Teapa (Mrs. H. H. Smith?*), near the city of Mexico 
(White 8), Vera Cruz (Sallé* 8), Orizaba (Botteri®), Puebla, San Lorenzo, Cordova 
(Ferrari-Perez?*), Laguna Verde, La Antigua, Sola, Juchatengo in Oaxaca 
(Trujillo 28), San Mateo, Santa Efigenia, Tehuantepec city (Swmichrast \), Tizimin, 
N. Yucatan (Gaumer °*), Cozumel I. (De Vis 18, Benedict *°, Gaumer 1°?) ; GuaTE- 
MALA, Yzabal, Duefias (0. S. & F. D. G.%), Panajachel (Richardson**), San 
Gerénimo (0. S.°); Satvapor, La Libertad (Richardson *); Honpuras, Truxillo 
(Townsend *), Ruatan I. (Gaumer 19 23); Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur (Nutting **), 
Momotombo (Richardson 2*), Rio Escondido (Richmond 8); Costa Rica}, San 
José (v. Frantzius 32, Cherrie2", Boucard '°, Carmiol**), Irazu district (Rogers °*), San 
Lucas, Punta Arenas, Jiménez, Alajuela, Carrillo, Civita Simon, Miravalles *" (Un- 
derwood, in litt.); Panama, Lion Hill(M‘Zeannan '?°).—Sovrn AMERica generally to 
Brazil, Amazonia, Ecuador, and Peru2?; West Inpres 2*.—Incidental in Europe *®. 
The Spotted Sandpiper closely resembles the common T. hypoleuca of Europe, and 
in its winter and young plumages can scarcely be distinguished from that species, 
excepting by the greater amount of yellow on the lower mandible and the presence of 
a broad subterminal band on all the secondaries: in 7. hypoleuca the inner second- 
aries are for the most part white. In the breeding-plumage, however, 7’. macularia 
is easily distinguished from its eastern ally by having the under surface of the body 
thickly spotted with black. 
It is acommon bird in North America, and nests throughout the temperate area 
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, ascending to a considerable altitude in the Rocky 
Mountains. In Central America the species is known as a winter visitor, but 
Mr. Cherrie is of opinion that some individuals breed in Costa Rica2’. In Guatemala 
we observed the Spotted Sandpiper about most of the rivers during the winter months, 
inhabiting both the tableland and the coast country®. It is reported as common in 
Nicaragua, both by Mr. Nutting?! and Mr. Richmond, the latter having observed 
examples up to the 16th of May *. 
T. macularia arrives at its breeding-quarters in North America in April, and makes 
a slight nest of straw and grass, generally in some open spot on the bank of a lake or 
river, the parent birds afterwards showing extreme solicitude for the safety of their 
young. During migration it is found along the banks of rivers, either in family-parties 
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