239. PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 9 in. 



(Pisobia maculata.) 

 Black mottled with rusty; white below, thickly streaked 

 on breast; upper side of tail black, middle tail-feathers long 

 and pointed; wet meadows; harsh creaky, whistling note; 

 mating call musical, repeated eight times by male with 

 throat greatly inflated. Wilson Snipe. White-rumped 

 Sandpiper. 



242. LEAST SANDPIPER. S',— 6 in. 



vPisobia minutilla.) 

 Blackish edged with reddish brown; light line over eye; 

 shows whitish wing-bar; outer tail-feathers ash-gray; below 

 white, finely streaked across breast ; call sweet, "peep-peep' '; 

 in flocks along fresh and salt water; the smallest sandpiper. 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



246. SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. 6 in. 



(Ereunetes pusillus.) 

 Grayish-brown, marked with black and buffy; rump very 

 dark; tail tapering; underparts pure zvhite, slightly tinged 

 and streaked across breast; white line over eye and dusky 

 line beneath; note "peep-peep". Other Sandpipers. 



248. SANDERLING. 8 in. 



(Calidris leucophaea. ) 



Summer: mottled black, white and rusty; white wing- 

 bar; below white, marked with black and tinged with rusty 

 on throat and upper breast; lacks the hind toe; feet and 

 bill black. Winter: Grayish above, pure white below; call, 

 a shrill whistle; mostly frequents beaches along the coast; 

 runs rapidly, at times lifting its wings as if about to fly. 

 Spotted Sandpiper. 



254. GREATER YELLOW-LEGS. 15— 16 in. 



(Totanus melanoleucus.) 

 Black, much speckled with white; head, neck and lower 

 parts white, streaked and marked with black except on 

 middle of belly; bill long, black; legs and feet yellow; tail shows 

 white barred with black; utters whistling call frequently; 

 found near fresh and salt water. Yellow- legs. Bartram- 

 ian Sandpiper. 



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