Shore Birds 



228. American Woodcock (Pbilohela minor). L. n. 

 Ads. Below ochraceous-rufous; no bars; forehead 

 slaty, crown black with rusty bars; back mixed 

 black, rusty and slaty. Notes. A nasal peent or paip; 

 a whistling of wings and a twittering whistle. 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds locally from Florida to 

 Labrador and Manitoba, but chiefly northward; winters from southern 

 New Jersey and southern Illinois to Gulf States. 



230. Wilson Snipe (Gallinago delicata). L. 11.2. 

 Ads. Throat and belly white or whitish; breast rusty 

 buff indistinctly streaked; sides barred: above streaked 

 black and cream-buff; tail black and rusty; outer 

 feathers barred black and white. Notes. When tak- 

 ing flight several sudden, hoarse scaipes; a tremulous, 

 penetrating bleating, thought to be produced by air 

 rushing through the birds wings; a kuk-Mk-kuk. 

 (Brewster.) 



Range. — North America; breeds from northern New England (rare- 

 ly Connecticut), northern Illinois and northern California north to 

 Labrador, Hudson Bay, and Alaska; winters from California, southern 

 Illinois, and South Carolina to northern South America. 



26 I . Bartramian Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda). 

 L. 11. 5. Outer primary barred black and white. 

 Ads. Above black, ochraceous, and brownish gray; 

 breast and sides with dusky arrowheads; throat and 

 belly whitish. Yng. Similar, but more buffy. Notes. 

 Call, a soft, bubbling whistle; song, a prolonged, 

 mournful, mellow whistle, "cbr-r-r-r-r-ee-e-e-e-e-e-oooo-o- 

 00." 



Range. — North America chiefly interior: breeds locally from Kansas 

 and Virginia to Alaska and Nova Scotia; winters south of United 

 States to South America. 



262. Buff-breasted Sandpiper {Tryngites subnificol- 

 lis). L. 8.5. Inner border of inner web of primaries 

 beautifully speckled with black and white. Ads. 

 Above black widely margined with grayish brown; 

 below ochraceous-buff; a few black spots. Yng. 

 Above blackish brown, finely and evenly margined 

 with whitish; below much as in adult. 



Range. -"North America especially in the interior; breeds in the 

 Yukon district and the interior of British America north to the Arctic 

 coast; south in winter as far as Uruguay and Peru." (A. O. U.) 



28 1. Mountain Plover (Podasocys montana). L. 9. 

 No black on breast. Ads. Lores and crown-band 

 black; above grayish brown washed with pale rusty. 

 Yng. Similar, but no black, rusty wash deeper. Win- 

 ter. Same as last but rusty paler. 



Range.— Western United States; breeds from Kansas to North 

 Dakota; winters westward to California, south to Lower California 

 and Mexico; accidental in Florida. 



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