SANDPIPERS. 147 



100. LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. 



Differs from last in having bill longer, 

 3.10, and being deeper in color beneath 

 where there are few or no blotches, western 

 N. A. heeding in Alaska and near Arctic 

 coast, south through western U. S. including 

 the Mississippi Vallej', and less commonly 

 along Atlantic coast to winter in Mexico. 



Fi^. 117 



Curlew Sandpiper. 



101. STILT SANDPIPER. 



Slender, 9; bill, longer than head; 

 summer, tail, white; remaining ujoper parts 

 dusky brown streaked and banded with 

 dusk\': patch on side of head, reddish; white 

 beneath, banded with dusk3^ Winter gray- 

 ish above, no redish spot on side of head, 

 beneath, white unhanded, fig. lOL Young, 

 more huffy above than last and with a buff 

 tinocing on breast. Note, a chuckling whistle. 



