SHOKE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



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SUBGENUS ANCYLOCHEILUS KAUP. 



GENUS EREUNETES ILLIGER. 



EREUNETES PUSILLUS (Linn.}. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper "Peep." 



KreniK'tes pxisilltis. 



Adult in summer : Heavily marked with dark brown and tawny on the top 

 of the head and back ; forehead, whitish ; under parts and throat, white ; 

 breast, mottled with grayish ; belly, white ; toes with small web. 



Achtlt in winter : Upper parts, grayish, mottled with brown on the head, 

 and the feathers showing dark brown, edged with white on the back; throat, 

 white ; breast, very faintly washed with gray, which is sometimes very indis- 

 tinct; belly and under tail coverts, white; toes tcith small wel>. 



Length, 6; wing, 3.75; tarsus, .75; bill, .80. 



Ranges from the Arctic Sea, southward, to the West Indies and South 

 America, it is common on the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic coast 

 during migrations, where it is called "Peep" by gunners. In size and 

 general appearance it somewhat resembles the Least Sandpiper (another 



