SANDPIPERS. 179 



spotted with it below, fig. 126, axillaries and 

 wing lining white, showing in flight. Young 

 have feathers bordered with w^hite. Flight 

 rapid, but rather flitting. Call, a clear whistle 

 given when on the wing. Breeds in the far 

 northern interior of N. A. where it is 

 abundant; goes south in Aug. and Sept., but 

 in fall appears to be nowhere common; 

 winters in S. A., north in May when seldom 

 if ever found on Atlantic coast. An in- 

 conspicuous species. 



126. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



Rather small, 7.50; short leireed; bill, 

 medium; w4iite beneath, mrirked with 

 rounded spots of dusky; broad band through 

 wn!ng, w^hite; greenish brown above streaked 

 and spotted with dusky, fig. 127; t;nl tipped 

 with white and outer feathers are banded 

 with same; in winter is without handings 

 above or spots below, fig. 127. Young with 

 buff bandings on wings and tail. Downy 

 young yellowish gray above, with narrow 

 black line down back and on eirher side of 



