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and white; rump blackish; tail feathers dusky, 

 growing grayer toward the outer feathers; 

 wing quills dusky; a blackish line from the bill 

 to the eye, and above this a white line. Below, 

 mainly white. Dusky specklings on a pale red- 

 dish brown ground on lower throat, breast and 

 neck. Upper throat white. Feet dull greenish. 

 Iris brown. Length about five and one-half 

 inches ; extent nearly eleven inches. 



The Semipalmated Sandpiper is much like 

 the foregoing in color, and the two are often 

 found together. This bird is a very little larger 

 perhaps half an inch longer and somewhat 

 grayer in coloring, but in any case may be 

 known by the partial webbing of the toes. This 

 species also nests northward to the Arctic 

 shores. 



The White-rumped Piper is almost large 

 enough to be worth shooting. It is from seven 

 to eight inches long, with a wing spread of fif- 

 teen inches. This is the sandpiper most com- 

 monly found in the marshes during September 

 and October, here associating with the "grass- 

 birds." It is also a common species inland, 

 and everywhere one of the most unsuspicious 

 of the shorebirds, paying no more heed to an iu- 



