72 SHORE BIRDS. 



neath is extended on to the neck ; rump and upper tail cov- 

 erts, black in all stages. Note, a feeble whistle. Flight, or- 

 dinary. Northern portions of northern hemisphere, breeding 

 far north ; in N. A. migrating south in Oct. appearing on the 

 coast of N. E. about Nov. 1 ; winters from the British Prov- 

 inces south to the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley, 

 on the Atlantic coast commonly from Grand Manan to the 

 south shore of N. E. ; more rarely to N. J. and casually to 

 Fla. Occurs on rocky islands. Common. 



e. Stints. Actodromas. 

 Medium to small sized sandpipers differing from d in 

 having a more slender form and longer legs which are not 

 feathered so near the tarsal joint ; toes, not palmate, plate 7. 

 Upper tail coverts dark brown excepting in 2 and 3. 



1. PECTORAL SANDPIPER, A. maculata. 8.50; bill, 

 1.15; rump, dark-brown; above, dark-brown with the feath- 

 ers margined with brownish-buff ; white beneath with fore 

 neck and breast grayish-buff broadly streaked with dusky; 

 bill, brown ; feet, greenish. Plate 8, A. Winter, differs in 

 being less rusty above with the dark markings less distinct. 

 Young, more rusty above than the summer adult and more 

 buff beneath where the slreakings are narrower. Note, a 

 shrill, rolling whistle, often given harshly and gratingly. 

 Plight, when started singly, swift and erratic, something 

 as in C, C, 1. Occurs, as a rule, among the grass of the 

 higher portions of the salt marshes where it has a habit of 

 squatting to hide when approached. Breeds in the Arctic 

 regions of N. A. migrating southward from the middle of 

 July until the first of Nov. ; abundant at this season on the 

 coast and rather common in the interior; not common on the 

 Atlantic coast south of N. J. ; winters far south in S. A. ; 

 comes north in May but is then rare on the Atlantic coast 

 and common in the interior. 



2. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, A. fuscicollis. A 

 little smaller than 1 (7.00) ; bill, more slender, shorter (.95) ; 

 upper tail coverts, white; brownish gray above rather broad- 



