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repeatedly fired at. They frequent the low 
flats and marshes, in tide waters following 
the ebb and flow. 
ia. SLERE SANDPIPER. 
Micropalama himantopus. 
Predominating color black, mottled with 
white and brown; a reddish spot is on each 
side of the head and also a dusky line. Tail 
eray, under side reddish, mottled and barred 
with black and white; bill and feet dark 
ereen; eyes brown; length 8} inches; extent 
about 16 inches; legs very long. In winter 
they change to a gray color, mottled with 
lighter, and the legs are paler in color, with 
the under parts of breast and belly nearly 
white. 
This bird may be considered as really not 
common anywhere. ‘Their range extends all 
over the continent east of the Rockies, and 
the only place where they may be considered 
as any way common is on the outlying points 
of our Eastern coast about the first of August, 
when they roam the flats in company w ith the 
sanderlings and tattlers. 
(4-9 KNOT. *“RED-BREAST PLOVER. 
Tringa canutus. 
Sometimes called Robin Snipe, in common 
with No. 72. The young are known as gray 
backs. The adult birds are black on the back, 
