BIRDS OF 



While here they frequent the grassy meadows and muddy 

 inlets near the Bay, being very seldom noticed on the sand. 



Like several others of the same class this species has a wide 

 geographical distribution, being found in Iceland, Europe and 

 Asia. 



92. TRINGA FUSCICOLLIS Vieill. 240. 



White-rumped Sandpiper. 



Size, medium. Upper tail-coverts white ; feet black ; bill black, light- 

 colored at base below ; coloration otherwise much as in the preceding species, 

 An ashy wash on the jugulum is hardly perceptible except in young birds, 

 and then it is slight ; the streaks are very numerous, broad and distinct, 

 extending as specks nearly or quite to the bill, and as shaft lines along the 

 sides. 



Hab. Eastern Province of North America, breeding in the high north. 

 In winter, the West Indies, Central and South America, south to the Falk- 

 land Islands. Occasional in Europe. 



Several of our Sandpipers resemble each other so much in 

 general appearance that by the gunner they are considered as 

 all of one sort and treated alike — that is they are tied in bunches 

 by the neck or legs and handed over to be prepared for the 

 table. With the collector it is diflFerent, every individual is 

 carefully examined as to species, sex, age, and condition, so 

 that nothing may be lost that is worth preserving. In the 

 present species the white rump is always a distinguishing mark, 

 most conspicuous while the birds are on the wing. Inland it is 

 not very common, but a few are usually seen associating with 

 the others during the season of migration. The pair in my collec- 

 tion I found on the sandy shore of Lake Ontario near the Bur- 

 lington canal. 



93. TRINGA BAIRDII (Coues). 241. 



Baird's Sandpiper. 



Adult male : bill wholly black, small and slender, slightly shorter than 

 the head, just as long as the tarsus or as the middle toe and claw, slightly 

 expanded or lancet shaped at the end, the point acute ; grooves long, narrow 



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