LEAST SANDPIPER 



of wing quills white, marbled with black; tail 

 feathers mostly buff, becoming black toward the 

 end and tipped with buffy white; below pale 

 cinnamon buff (the feathers more or less tipped 

 with whitish) passing to buffy white on abdo- 

 men. 



Bill rather short, dusky greenish; legs and 

 feet greenish. 



A migrant, now rare, resembling Bartramia 

 longicauda in habits though much smaller. 

 Recorded by Jewel from dry pasture land at 

 Gatun in October. 



12. Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot) 

 Least Sandpiper 



Length, 145 mm. (5.70 in.); tail, 38 mm. (1.50 

 in.). 



Adults in summer. Closely similar to Ereune- 

 tes pusillus, distinguishable chiefly by its some- 

 what smaller size, shorter bill (average length in 



FIG. 1 6. Pisobia minutilla 



(Nat. Size) 



thirty-eight specimens 17.9 mm.) and more oliv- 

 aceous feet, which are not webbed at base of toes. 

 Adults in winter. More streaked below than 

 in E. pusillus. 



