70 LIMICOL^: Shore-Birds 



WILSON SNIPE 



(230. Gallinago delicata) 11 in. 



Back dusky and brown, strongly striped by buffy edges of 

 scapulars and tertials; two dusky crown-stripes and one from bill 

 through eye alternate with whitish; chest and neck dusky- 

 brown-spotted in rows; breast soiled white, sides barred. 



Bill long, straight. Very secretive in habit, and almost never 

 seen except as it starts in swift, zigzag flight, with a rasping 

 " scalp, scaip," from the near vicinity of the observer. 



LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 



(232. Limnodromus griseus scolopaceus) 11 in. 



Rump and tail-coverts white, the latter black-barred; otherwise 

 cinnamon above, dusky-streaked on head, spotted on back; 

 lighter cinnamon below, dusky-speckled except on belly. Bill 

 long, straight. 



Winter: Dark gray above; lighter below, with white belly. 



In any plumage the extensive white of tail and rump (and 

 lower back), conspicuous in flight, is distinctive. 



Feeds in the open. Does not hide like the Wilson Snipe. 



RED-BACKED SANDPIPER 



(243a. Pelidna alpina sakhalina) 9 in. 



Upper parts bright rusty, black-spotted and gray-edged; 

 large black patch on belly; chest and sides white, finely black 

 streaked. 



Winter: Ashy gray above, lined with dusky; chest light gray; 

 otherwise white below. 



Bill longer than head, thick at base; slightly curved. In 

 summer the black belly-patch is conspicuous and distinctive; 

 in winter dress note the curved bill. 



KNOT See Appendix. 



(234. Calidris canutus) 9 in. 



