DeSCKII'I'IVK LiH'l 



spring of 1898, Pearson found llic flocks alioiil ciiuiilly divided. A specimen wiis 

 taken lit Kak'iKh on May 22, 18<)<). 



Nearly i^veryUiiiif;; said of the hahits of tlie I;ea,st Sandpiper applies e(|iia,lly to 

 this sjx'eies while it is with us. May shows the height of its ahiuulancc in the 

 spring, and from August to October in th<^ fall. I/ike so many of this Kroup, the 

 Scmipalmated l)reeds far toward the Ai'ctic Cii-cle. 



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Fia. {).•). Ffxj'i' oir Hkmm'Ai.ma'I'iuj SANnrii'i:ic. 



113. Ereunetes mauri {(Jab.). Wkstkhn Sandimi-ku. 



Tills bin! closely rcsciiibloH the prnoodiiiK, from which, in Hiiiimicr phiiiinnc, il- ililfcrs in 

 haviiin the ii|)|)rr|>url,s amHpicuoiidi/ iiiiirKincd with nifoiis iind the lircusi, iiion; liciivily 

 strciikcil. Ill full mid winter pliiirmne tlu^ (lilTcrcnc.eH in colorulion nrc. net so apparent, Imt 

 the birds nrt: to b(! (lislinnuishcd at any season by thc! size of the bill, wliii'li in the western 

 spooies is always longer. W., :5.S(); Tar.,' .HO; U., .sh-l.'id. ((Hiap., HinlH iif E. N. A.) 



Kaniic. — •BreedH in western Arctic America; winters from North Carolina lo Veneziii^la. 



Range in North Carolina. — Coastal ro(?ion during the migrationH and in winter. 



Bishop re|)orts the Western Sandpiper as common in wintcsr at Pea Island. Four 

 specimens were taken by Brnner at Beaufort, August 28-:}(), 190!). Thes(! arc; tlu; 

 available reconls of its occurrence in this Sta,te. ( 'ook(! states that it is connnon 

 ill winlcr from North Carolina to I'lorida., and it is In be presumed, therefore, that 

 th(^ species may be found re}fidarly aloiifr our eiiast IVdni the fa,ll to the spriiif:; 

 migration. 



Genus Calidris (Illig.) 



114. Calidris leucophsea (/'nil.). Sandehlino. 



AiU. in aiimiiic.T. — Featla^s of ii[)|)erparts usually with black centers bordc^red and some- 

 tiriKM barrcil with pale rufous and tipped with ashy white; win^s fuscous, ba,sa,l half of outer 

 web of inner primaries wliite; witm-coverts grayish fiiscous, untater ones broadly tipjicul with 

 white; tail bn)wnish uray, narrowly niarnined with wliit,e; throat and ii|iper bn^ast, washi'd 

 ■with pall: rufoiiH and sf)otted with blackish; rest of the under parts |nire white. ,/h)i. - Similar, 

 but upiierpart.s wittioiit rufous, ulessy black, t,he feathers sometimes bordered with white, but 

 generally with two white s[)ot,s at their tips sep.arai.ed by the black of the central part of llu! 

 feather; nape (rrayish whit<', linhtly streaked with blackish; underparts pure while, with 

 occa.sionally a few spots on tla; breast. Adu. iin.il. .Iiiv. in virUcr. — llpperparts |)a,l(! brownish 

 RTay, win^s as in tlio iirecedinx; undcr|iart,s pure vvhit.e. I.., S.OI); W., .'i.OI); Tar., 1.00; li., 1.00. 

 <Chap., HiTiUoJ H.N. A.) 



