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SHORE BIRDS 

 232. Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus. 



Range. — Whole of North America, but not com- 

 mon on the Atlantic coast; breeds in the Arctic 



regions and migrates chiefly through the central 



and western parts of the United States to Mexico. 

 This bird is practically the same as the last, but 



is a trifle larger and the bill averages about a 



half inch longer. They are very numerous in 



tibeir breeding 

 haunts, and, during 

 their migrations, th- 

 in large compact 

 flocks. They are 

 not very timid, and 

 consequently fall an 

 easy prey to the gun- 

 ners. Their nesting 

 habits and eggs are 

 the same as the last 

 species, except that 



the eggs may average a trifle larger. Size 1.75 x 



1.15. Data. — Norton Is., Alaska, June, 1900. Nest 



a small hollow in the dry ground. Four eggs. 



Collector, Capt. H. H. Bodfish. 



133. Stilt Sandpiper. Micropalama himan- 

 topus. 



Range. North America, east of the Rocky 

 .Mountains; breeds in the Arctic regions and win 

 ters from the Gulf state; southward. 



Iii the summer, these birds may be known by 

 the reddish coloration of the underparts. which 

 are numerously barred; they are smaller than 

 the preceding, length about eighl inches. Their 



nesting habit are the same as those of the ma- Long- dlled. 



jority of the members of the family. The three 



or lour eggs are huffy or grayish, and are blotched and spotted with shades of 

 brown. Size 1.40 x 1.00. 



Greenish buff. 



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