OF NORTH AMERICA. 67 
smaller size. Length 7} inches, and extent 
15 inches. Eyes brown, legs brownish. 
Found on the beaches as well as on the 
marshes. 
Gunners on the east coast have found a 
smaller bird mingling with flocks of No. 76, 
and they often have remarked that they are a 
different species. I have never been able to 
secure one of the smaller birds, but have no 
doubt that it will prove to be 
78. BAIRD’S SANDPIPER: 
Tringa bairdit. 
Rare on the coast but plentiful in the in- 
terior, and differing from No. 76 in its 
smaller size, the length being 7 inches, and 
extent of wings about 15} inches. The neck 
is the same color as the crown. The mark- 
ings on the back have a tendency to yellowish 
rather than chestnut, and red as in the Grass- 
bird. The shading on the breast is ight, and 
the bill and feet are black. 
79° LRAST: SANDPIPER. PEEP. 
BUMBLE-BEE. 
Tringa minutilla. 
Back of full plumaged birds ashy-gray, 
mottled with black and brown; throat and 
sides, grayish ; under parts white ; eyes brown ; 
bill and feet, greenish-slate ; length, about 54 
inches ; extent, 11 inches. This bird hardly 
