70 SHORE BIRDS. 



tingeing on breast. Note, a chuckling whistle. Flight, swift 

 and direct, with rapid wing beats. Eastern N. A., breeding 



north of the 

 U. S. ; goes 

 south in 

 Aug. when 

 it is not un- 

 common on 

 the coast of 

 Mass., to 

 winter in S. 

 A, ; comes 

 north in Ap- 

 ril, when it 

 is common in 

 Fla. but rare 

 further north 

 on the coast. 



Fie:. 88. 



.-. ^^^ 



O, D, b, 1. 1-3, 



c. Ruddy Sandpipers. Tringa. 

 Rather large, stout sandpipers with quite thick and not 

 very long bills that are not sensitive at tip ; legs not long ; toes 

 without webs ; occur on sandy beaches and procure their 



Fig. 89. 



O, B, c, 1. 1-5. 



food, which consists chiefly 

 o f small marine animals, 

 between tide marks. 



1. KNOT, T. CANUTus. 

 10.50 ; bill, 1.35; ashy-gray 

 above mottled with dull 

 black and pale reddish ; 

 upper tail coverts, white 

 banded with dusky ; be- 

 neath, pale cinnamon 

 streaked on throat and 

 banded on sides with dusky 

 bill, brown ; feet, greenish, 

 fig. 89. Winter, gray above 



