SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER 



Adults in summer. Dingy brown above, 

 streaked with buff, cinnamon and black, the 

 latter occupying the center of each feather; an 



FIG. 14. Ereunetes pusillus 

 (Nat. Size) 



indistinct light line over eye; upper tail coverts 

 and most of tail black, the outer tail feathers 

 ashy gray; below white, the chest and breast 

 tinged with buff and streaked with dusky. 



Adults in winter. General coloration grayer 

 above than in summer, the dusky streaks on 

 breast and chest very faint. 



Young. Similar to summer adults but without 

 well defined streaks on chest and breast. 



Bill black; average length in twenty-four 

 specimens 19.4 mm. (.075 in.); legs and feet 

 dark. 



A migrant, found in large flocks or smaller 

 groups on mud flats and beaches on the sea 

 coast and inland. Very tame and easily ap- 

 proached. Though they scatter while feeding, 

 they usually gather into a compact flock when 

 they fly. 



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