[2.66] BIRDS OF OREGON 



more ochraceous brown, and breast and sides unmarked. Length: i6.5o-zo.5o, wing 

 8.50-9.00, bill 3.50-5.06." (Bailey) Nest: A slight hollow in grassy places, some- 

 times lined with a little dry grass. Eggs: Usually 4, rarely 3 or 5, olive buff, 

 sparingly marked with rounded spots of dull brown. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds in interior, largely in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Mani- 

 toba, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota the principal remain- 

 ing breeding area being in North Dakota and Saskatchewan. Winters from southern 

 United States southward. In Oregon: Very rare transient. Only two recent records. 



ALTHOUGH this large brown wader with the slightly upturned bill is a 

 fairly common bird in October and November on the southern California 

 coast, it has always been a rarity in Oregon. Townsend (1839) listed the 

 Marbled Godwit for the State, and Woodcock (1902.) said it was reported 

 on the coast by Anthony. The only specimen we have seen is a bird 

 taken at Netarts Bay from a flock of seven, September 12., 19x1, by 

 Gabrielson (192.3). Kalmbach reported seeing two at close range in 

 Klamath County, August 2.1 and 2.2., 192.9, the only other recent report 

 for the State. 



Sanderling: 



Crocethia alba (Pallas) 



DESCRIPTION. "Toes only 3, short and flattened; bill slender, about as long as 

 tarsus; feet and legs black. Breeding plumage: upper parts, throat, and chest specked 

 and spotted with rusty, black, and whitish; rest of under parts and stripe on middle 

 of wing white. Adults in summer: upper parts and throat specked, spotted, and 

 streaked with black, rusty and whitish; rest of under parts and stripe on wing 

 white. Adults in winter: upper parts hoary gray, except blackish quills and bend of 

 wing; under parts snowy white. Young: upper parts coarsely spotted with dusky 

 and gray above; under parts white, sparsely marked with dusky and buffy on chest. 

 Length: 7.00-8.75, wing 4.705.00, bill .95-1.00, tarsus .90-1.05." (Bailey) Nest: 

 A slight depression in the ground, lined with withered leaves of Arctic willow and 

 other plants of the extreme north. Eggs: 3 or 4, usually 4, greenish-olive ground 

 color, marked with small, somewhat evenly distributed spots of dull brown. 

 DISTRIBUTION. General: Cosmopolitan in North America. Breeds from northern 

 Alaska and Canada, on Arctic islands and Greenland. Winters from Washington 

 and Massachusetts southward far into South America. In Oregon: Common migrant 

 and winter resident of coast counties, where it is almost entirely a beach bird, that 

 is nearly a permanent resident, being absent from coast for a short period in late 

 spring and early summer. 



ALTHOUGH the Sanderling is one of the most conspicuous and easily found 

 sandpipers on the coast, for some unexplained reason it was overlooked 

 by all of the early writers on Oregon birds. Woodcock (1902.), who re- 

 ported it as a common migrant at Yaquina Bay on reports of Bretherton, 

 was the first to include it in any Oregon list. We have found it to be 

 one of the most regular of all species. It is confined strictly to the coast 

 counties. There are no inland records. It is most abundant on the beaches 

 in August and September but is found also as the most common winter- 



