Birds of Indiana. 729 



Eaxge. — America, from Unigiiay north to Arctic coast. Breeds 

 from southern Ontario northward in the interior to Yukon and An- 

 derson Eiver. Winters south of the United States. 



Nest, on ground, lined with moss and grass. Eggs, 3-4; huffy gray- 

 ish-white, varying to pale olive buff, boldly spotted, longitud- 

 inally (and somewhat spirally) dark vandyke or madder-brown and 

 purplish-gray. 



Eare migrant. Thus far has only been reported from this region in 

 August and September. Usually appears singly or in small flocks, 

 but sometimes in large flocks. Dr. A. K. Fisher shot numbers of them 

 in August, 187-i, from a dry prairie at Maywood, Cook County, 111., 

 only ten miles from Chicago, where there were hundreds of them. 

 (Cooke Eept. Bird Mig. Miss. Valley, p. 97). 



The only time it has been taken in this State was September 10, 

 1892, when L. A. and C. D. Test took one from a shallow pond about 

 four miles northwest of Lafayette. Mr. J. G. Parker, Jr., collected 

 two specimens on the shore of Calumet Lake, Cook County, 111., in 

 September, 1887. There are two records for Michigan in September 

 and one for Ohio (Cleveland), in August. 



Mr. McUwraith records its breeding in (Jntario a few miles from 

 Lake Erie (Birds of Ont., 1894, pp. 156, 157), and Dr. Hatch men- 

 tions it as a summer resident of northern Minnesota. (Birds of Mi'nn., 

 p. 143). 



57. (iENi's ACTITIS Illiger. 



*109. (263). Actitis macularia (Linn.). 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Synonyms, Peetwp:et, Sanj)PIPER. 



Above, olive, with a greenish lustre, finely varied with black; line 

 over eye, and entire under parts, pure white, with numerous sharp cir- 

 cular black spots; entirely wanting in young birds; secondaries, broadly 

 white-tipped, and inner primaries with a white spot, most of the tail 

 feathers like the back, with subterminal black bar and a white tip; 

 bill, pale yellow, tipped with black; feet, flesh-color. Immature. — 

 Similar; above, more huffy; under parts, white, unspotted; slight gray- 

 ish tinge on breast. 



Length, about 7.00-8.00; wing, 4.05-4.60; bill, .90-1.05; tarsus, .90- 

 1.05. 



Eange. — America, from Brazil northward to Hudson Bay and Yu- 

 kon. Breeds nearly throughout North American range. Winters on 

 coast of Gulf States. 



