386 CITIZEN BIRD 



Wilson's Snipe 



Length about eleven inches, of whicli the very long and straight 

 bill makes more than two inches. 



Upper parts all mixed with black, brown, gray, buff, and wliite 

 in very intricate patterns; long wing-feathers plain dusky with a 

 white edge on the outside one; tail-featiiers beautifully barred with 

 black, white, and reddish. 



Under parts white, but mottled with dusky on the breast, where 

 it also tinned with buff, and barred very distinctly on each side 

 further back; under tail-coverts barred with buff and black. 



p]yes brown ; feet and bill greenish-gray, the latter very soft and 

 sensitive, the former with a very small hind toe. 



A Citizen of temperate North America, found at different seasons 

 in marshy and boggy places throughout the United States. 



A member of the guild of Ground Gleaners, and, like the Wood- 

 cock and (4olden Plover, a fine game bird, which it is right to 

 shoot for food at the proper season. 



The Spotted Sandpiper 



Length seven and a half inches. 



Upper parts a pretty Quaker color, like the Cuckoo's, but with 

 many fine curved black lines; tail regularly barred with black and 

 white. 



Under parts pure white, with many round black spots all over 

 them; but young birds do not have any spots. 



Bill and feet flesh-colored, the former with a black tip, the latter 

 with a very small hind toe, and a little web at the roots of the front 

 toes. 



A Summer Citizen of most parts of the United States and Canada, 

 also found in winter in some of the Southern States and far beyond. 



A member of the guild of Ground Gleaners, and a very gentle, 

 confiding little bird who likes to be neighborly, and should never 

 be shot, but encouraged to nest in our fields. 



The Least Sandpiper 



Length only five and a half to six inches — the very least in size 

 of all the Snipe family. 



