SHORE BIRDS 



[242.1.] LONG-TOED STINT. 

 Pisobia damacensis. 



An Asiatic species accidentally found on the 

 Alaskan shores. It is a very similar bird to the 

 Least Sandpiper, and about the same size. As 

 implied by its name, it has unusually long toes. 

 [24-3.] DUNLIN. Pelidna alpina alpina. 



A very common Sandpiper in the British Isles 

 and in Europe, but only casually occurring as a 

 straggler along the Atlantic coast. Very similar 

 to the next species, but a trifle smaller. The nest 

 and eggs do not differ from the following. 



243a. RED-BACKED SANDPIPER. Pelidna alpina 

 sakhalina. 



Range. Whole of North America, breeding 



from southern Greenland, Labrador, Hudson Bay 



and the Yukon, northward, wintering from the 



Gulf States south- 

 ward. This hand- 

 some species is 

 similar to the Pribi- 

 lof Sandpiper, but is 

 smaller (length 8 

 inches), the upper 

 parts are more red- 

 dish, the breast 

 more heavily streak- 

 ed, and it has a black 



patch on the belly instead of on the breast as in 



ptilocnemis. Their nesting habits are similar to 



others of the family; they lay three or four eggs 



with a brownish or greenish buff color, heavily 



blotched and spotted with shades of brown and 



chestnut. Size 1.40x1.00. Data. Peel River, Arctic America, June 30, 1899. 



Nest a simple cavity in the ground, lined with a few grasses and three or four 



leaves. Collector, J. O. Stringer. 



Greenish huff. 



Red-backed Sandpiper. 

 Curlew Sandpiper. 



244. CURLEW SANDPIPER. Erolia ferruginea. 



Range. A common Old World species, but regarded as rare in eastern North 

 America and northern Alaska. 



A bird of slighter build, but similar coloration to the Knot; smaller (length 

 eight inches) and with a slightly decurved bill. Until within recent years, eggs 

 of these birds were rarely seen in collections, and I believe they have not yet 

 been taken in this country, although a few pairs nest along our Arctic coast. 

 Their eggs are very similar to those of the Red-backed Sandpiper, but average 

 somewhat larger. Size 1.50 x 1.05. Data. Kola, northern Lapland, June 15, 

 1898. Four eggs laid in a grass-lined hollow in the ground. Collector, J. 

 Ramberg. 



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