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SHORE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



TRINQA MINUTILLA (Vieill.}. 

 Least Sandpiper. 



Adult in summer: Very small : 



pper parts marked with tawny 



lack and pale buff; under parts, 



vhitish on the throat, shading iu- 



ashy gray, showing faint brown- 



i lines on the breast ; rest of the 



under parts, white ; bill, dull black. 



No web between toex. 



Adult in winter : Similar to the above, but grayer in color. 

 Length, 5.50 to 6.50; wing, 3.60; tarsus, .75; bill, .85. 



The Least Sandpiper may be distinguished from the Semipjilmated Sand- 

 piper by the absence of the small \veb between the toes, so noticeable in that 

 species. 



It is common throughout North and South America, breeding north of the 

 United States It is very abundant on our shores during the migrations, and 

 is one of the species known to gunners by the name of Pee}). The eggs arc 

 three to four, generally pale buff, mottled with chestnut brown. 



