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BEACH BIRDS. 



No. 135. 



DOWITCHER. 



Genus: Macrorhamphus. Speies: M. griseus. 



Distribution: 



A common transient visitor along the coast. 

 Date of Arrival: May, going north. 

 Date of Departure: Early July to middle of September, going south. 



General Plumage: 



In summer, upper parts black and rufous, rump and tail 

 barred with black and buff, long Aving feathers dark ; under 

 parts dull rufous, belly white, marked with black. In winter, 

 upper parts brownish ash, rump and tail barred with black 

 and white, under parts ashen, belly white. Hanks black barred. 

 Immature, upper parts black, under parts buff, marked faintly 

 with blackish. Bill and feet dark. Length about 10.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



Low notes, and clear '' weet-weet. 



Haunts: 



Mud flats, marshy land. 



