80 SHORE BIRDS. 



white beneath, distinctly streaked on lower neck, breast, 

 sides, and beneath wint^s, with dusky; bill, greenish black ; 

 feet, dark greenish. Winter, more ashy above and less dis- 

 tinctly marked with white above and dusky below. Young, 

 lighter slate above marked with buffy white; throat and 

 breast very indistinctly marked with ashy-buff Common, 

 usually occurring singly about pools or small ponds of fresh 

 water, but sometimes two or three are found together; un- 

 suspicious. Teters somewhat when sitting but not as much 

 as in p 1. Note, a rather loud whistling '^peef repeated four 

 or five times when the bird is on the wing. Flight, rather 

 rapid, not very direct; wings kept high and their beats are 

 strong. Breeds occasionally in northern U. 8. but more com- 

 monly further north ; migrates south in Aug., Sep., and Oct. ; 

 winters in the extreme southern states, the West Indies and 

 northern S. A. ; comes north in April ( Bahamas, rare ) and 

 May. 



2. GREEN SANDPIPER, T. ociiropus. Differs from 

 1 in being a little larger ( 10.00; bill 1.35 ) , and in having the 

 middle tail feathers broadly banded with white, and the up- 

 per tail coverts pure white. Places its eggs in the aban- 

 doned nest of some tree-building bird. Northern parts of 

 the Old World; accidental in Eastern N. A. 



1. Semipalmated Tatlers. Symphemia. 



Differ from j in being stouter with shorter, thicker bills, 

 dark legs, toes well webbed basally, white unhanded upper 

 tail coverts, and white marked wings. Size, large, fig. 96. 



1. WILLET, S. SEMIPALMATA. 14.00 ; bill, 2.25 ; abovc, 

 brownish buff, varied with dark brown; large white patch 

 oh wing; axilliaries and wing lining, dull black, both of 

 these latter characteristics prominent inflight; white be- 

 neath, pale buff on breast and sides and here streaked and 

 banded with dusky ; bill, brown; feet, plumbeous, fig. 96. 

 Winter, differs in having no dark markings above or below. 

 Young, have the feathers above margined with yellowish and 

 the sides are tinged with it and finely mottled with grayish 



