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entire under parts, white, with numerous black markings, small 

 on the throat and large spots on the breast ; primaries, dark 

 brown, white on basal portion ; tail, marked with a subterminal 

 blackish bar ; outer feathers, with dusky and white transverse 

 spots, tipped with white, except central pair. 



Young — Above, ashy green, with narrow transverse black bars 

 most numerous on the wing-coverts, feathers, edged with buff; 

 under parts, white, the jugulum suffused with gray ; bill, edge 

 of maxilla, and mandible, yellow, remainder dusky ; legs and 

 feet, grayish olive ; iris, brown. 



Downy young — Upper parts, yellowish gray, finely speckled with 

 blackish ; a black line from forehead to rump, and another from 

 bill through eye to nape ; forehead, sides of head, and lower 

 part.s, white. 



Measurements — Length, 7.75; wing, 4 inches; culmen, i inch; 

 tarsus, I inch; middle toe, .75 inch. 



Eggs — Four in number; ground color, drab with dark dots and 

 blotches; measures 1.21 by .95 inches. 



Habitat — Breeds from South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, 

 New Mexico, Arizona, and California, north to Sable Island, 

 northern Labrador, Hudson Bay, the Mackenzie Delta, and 

 northwestern Alaska, most abundantly in the northern and 

 eastern part of its range ; and is said to be a resident in 

 Jamaica, Grenada, and Costa Rica, and to breed in the last. 

 Winters from the Bermudas, Bahamas, and West Indies, 

 Louisiana, and California, south to southern Brazil and Ecua- 

 dor. Has been taken frequently in Great Britain and once in 

 Heligoland. 



The spotted sandpiper is widely distributed 

 and common throughout the United States and 

 Canada. In summer its note is one of the familiar 

 sounds on all our interior lakes and rivers, calling 

 attention to the sprightly form balancing on a 

 log or rock, bowing its head to you and almost 

 the same moment tipping up the tail, as, uttering 



