THE SPOTLED SANDPIPER: 531 
No. 248. 
SPORTED SANDPIPER. 
A. O. U. No. 263. Actitis macularia (Linn. ). 
Synonyms.—Perrr-weer; Tip-up; TEETER-TAIL,. 
Description.—Adult in summer: Upper parts light olive-brown, with pale 
greenish or brassy luster; the head and neck streaked, and the back, scapulars, 
tertiaries, etc., irregularly barred with darker; quills darker and with more dis- 
tinct greenish reflections; the inner primaries and secondaries narrowly tipped 
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Taken in Lorain County. Photo by the Author. 
A FAVORITE NESTING HAUNT OF THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 
with white, the former varied with some white on the inner webs, the latter with 
much basal white showing conspicuously in flight; central tail-feathers like back, 
but greener, the outer feathers becoming duller and tipped with white; a white 
superciliary line; entire under parts white and strikingly marked with rounded 
spots approaching color of back; bill flesh-color, sometimes orange, darkening 
above, or not, and with dusky tip; feet and legs pinkish white. [Vinter plumage: 
Similar, but back browner, unbarred. Jmmature: Like adult but unspotted below, 
tinged with gray on breast; above showing blackish or buffy bars, faintly on back, 
more strongly on wing-coverts, and upper tail-coverts. Length 7.00-800 (177.8- 
203.2) ; wing 4.15 (105.4); tail 2.00 (50.8) ; bill .93 (23.6); tarsus .95 (24.1). 
