FAM. XXX/X. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 241 



Pectoral Sandpiper 



the name Jcrieker is derived from its notes. (Krieker ; Grass 

 Snipe.) 



Length, 9; wing, o^ (5-5f); tarsus, 1^; culmen, 1^. America; breed- 

 ing in the Arctic re- 

 gions, and wintering in 

 South America. 



9. White - rumped 

 Sandpiper (24(). 

 Tr'mrja fuscicdUis). 

 — A short - billed, 

 dark - brownish - col- 

 ored, much mottled 

 s a n d p i p e r, w i t h 

 white upper tail cov- 

 erts, throat, and mid- 

 dle of belly. The 

 above is the summer 

 plumage; in winter, the upper parts are slightly streaked, 

 brownish-gray. These birds are social, and frequent the sandy 

 beaches and marshy shores of the coast, as well as the upland 

 lakes of the interior. 



Length, 6|-8 ; wing, 4| ; tarsus, | ; cuhnen, nearly 1. Eastern America ; 

 breeding in the Arctic regions, and wintering in the West Indies, Central 

 and South America. 



10. Baird's Sandpiper (241. Tiinga hairdii). — Th.\i bird is 

 similar to the last, but has the upper tail coverts blackish in- 

 stead of white. In 

 winter it has a more 

 buffy breast and 

 lighter upper parts. 



Length, 7^ ; wing, 4| 

 (4^-4|) ; tail, •2\ ; tarsus, 

 I ; culmen, |. America ; 

 mainly in the interior of 



^, . , r. ■, . North and the western 



wnite-mmped Sandpiper ^. j; o ^i, » 



^ ^ ^ portion of South Amer- 



ica ; breeding in the Arctic regions, and wintering in South America ; rare 

 on the Atlantic coast. 



apgar's birds. — 16 



