Shore Birds 



238. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Actodromas acumin 



at a). L. 8.7. Tail feathers pointed. Ads. A white 

 line over eye; breast buff streaked with blackish. 

 Yng. Crown as in ad., back black and rusty; below 

 white, breast buffy, no streaks. Winter. Back gray- 

 ish brown streaked with blackish; below as in yng., 

 but breast grayer and with indistinct streaks, Notes. 

 A soft metallic pleep-pleep. (Nelson.) 



Range. — "Eastern Asia, and coast of Alaska, migrating south to 

 Java and Australia." (A. O. U.) 



239. Pectoral Sandpiper (Actodromas metadata). 

 L. 9. Ads. Middle tail-feathers longest, pointed, 

 blackish margined with rusty; above black and rusty; 

 below white, breast thickly streaked; upper tail-coverts 

 black. Yng. and in winter much the same. Notes. Call, 

 a grating whistle; song, a hollow, resonant, musical 

 too-u, repeated eight times, made after filling esopha- 

 gus with air until it is puffed out to size of the body. 

 (Nelson.) 



Range. — North America; breeds in Arctic regions; winters south of 

 United States to South America; rare on Pacific coast. 



240. White-rumped Sandpiper (Actodromas fusci- 



collis). L. 7.5. Longer upper tail-coverts white. Ads. 

 Breast white, distinctly spotted or streaked. Yng. More 

 rufous above; breast less distinctly streaked. Winter. 

 Brownish gray above; similar to yng. below. 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds in the interior north of 

 Hudson Bay; winters south of United States to southern South Amer- 

 ica; rare on Pacific coast. 



241. Baird Sandpiper (Actodromas bairdii). 

 L. 7.5. No rusty in plumage. Ads. Longest upper 

 tail-coverts blackish; breast buffy, faintly streaked. 

 Yng. Similar, but back conspicuously margined with 

 whitish. Winter. Above "buffy grayish brown," no 

 white margins. 



Range. — Interior of North America; breeds in the Arctic regions and 

 winters south of United States to southern South America. 



242. Least Sandpiper (Actodromas minutilla). L. 6. 



Smallest of our Sandpipers. Ads. Above black, buff 

 and rufous; below white breast lightly streaked. Yng. 

 Similar, but breast less distinctly streaked. Winter. 

 Above brownish gray, often streaked with black, be- 

 low white. Notes. Peep-peep. 



Range.— North America; breeds from Sable Island and Magdalen? 

 northward; winters from Gulf States and California south to South 

 America. 



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