SCOLOPACIDAt: SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 
The Snipes and Sandpipers are brownish, or brownish gray birds, 
much striped and spotted, and harmonize so well with their sur- 
roundings that they are not easily detected unless they move. 
The Snipes have long bills ; they are summer residents, inhabiting 
fresh-water marshes. The Sandpipers have long bills and legs; 
the Solitary and Spotted are summer residents, found on the shores 
of rivers and ponds, and at the seashore, the others are visitors on 
our coast in May, late July, August and September, the Knot, Pec- 
toral, White-rumped, Red-backed, Sanderling and Greater Yellow- 
legs often remain through October. The Purple is a winter visitor. 
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