SHORE BIRDS 



[242.1.] Long-toed Stint. 

 Pisobia damacensis. 



An Asiatic species accidentally found on the 

 Alaskan shores. It is a very similar bird to the 

 Least Sandpiper, and about the same size. As 

 implied by its name, it has unusually long toes. 

 [243.] Dunlin. Pelidna alpina alpina. 



A very common Sandpiper in the British Isles 

 and in Europe, but only casually occurring as a 

 straggler along the Atlantic; coast. Very similar 

 to the next species, but a trifle smaller. The nest 

 aad eggs do not differ from the following. 



243a. Red-backed Sandpiper. Pel id mi alpina 

 sakhalina. 



Range. — Whole of North America, breeding 



from southern Greenland, Labrador, Hudson Bay 



and the Yukon, northward, wintering from the 



Gulf States south- 

 ward. This hand- 

 some species is 

 similar to the Pribi- 

 lof Sandpiper, but is 

 smaller (length 8 

 inches), the upper 

 parts are more red- 

 dish, the breast 

 more heavily streak- 

 ed, and it has a black 



patch on the belly instead of on the breast as in 



ptilocnemte. Their nesting habits are similar to 



others of the family; they lay three or four eggs 



with a brownish or greenish buff color, heavily 



blotched and spotted with shades of brown and 



chestnut. Size 1.40 x 1.00. Data. — Peel River, Arctic America, June 30, 1899. 



Nest a simple cavity in the ground, lined with a few grasses and three or four 



leaves. Collector, J. O. Stringer. 





is. 



Red-backed Sandpiper. 

 Curlew Sandpiper. 



244. (Vhi.kh Sandpiper. Erolia ferruginea. 



Range. — A common Old World species, but regarded as rare in eastern North 

 America and northern Alaska. 



A bird of slighter build, but similar coloration to the Knot: smaller (length 

 eighl Inches) and with a slightly decurved bill. Dntil within recenl years, eggs 



Of these birds wen- rarely Been in collections, and I believe they have nut >tt 

 been taken in this country, although a few pairs nest along OUT Arctic coast. 

 Their eggs are very similar to those of the Red hacked Sandpiper, but av< 



somewhat larger. Size 1 .all \ I .(ir>. Data. Kola, northern Lapland, .lune 1".. 

 lMis. Four eggs laid i" grass lined hollow in the ground. Collector. .1. 

 Ramberg. 



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