PURPLE SANDPIPER 
235. Arquatella maritima. 9 in. 
Upper parts blackish, margined with buffy; breast 
and sides slaty purple. In winter, blackish, without 
the rusty edging to the feathers. These dark colored 
little sandpipers prefer bold rocky coasts. 
Notes.—A loud, shrill whistle. 
Nest.—A hollow in the ground, among grass and 
weeds, lined with a few grasses; eggs grayish buff, 
handsomely splashed with various shades of brown. 
Range.—Breeds from northern Labrador and _ the 
mouth of Hudson Bay northward; winters south to 
Long Island Sound and the Great Lakes. 
PECTORAL SANDPIPER 
239. Pisobia maculata. 9 in. 
Crown and back blackish, strongly edged with red- 
dish-brown; an ashy-gray wash on the breast, with nu- 
merous streaks of blackish. Well known and called by 
a great variety of names, of which Jack Snipe and 
Grass Snipe are probably the most common. 
Range.—Breeds in the Arctic regions; migrates 
through the U. 8. to South America. 
