Shore Birds 



238. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Actodromas acumin 

 ata}. L. 8.7. Tail feathers pointed. Ads. A white 

 line over eye; breast buff streaked with blackish. 

 Yng. Crown as in ad., back black and rusty; below 

 white, breast buffy, no streaks. Winter. Back gray- 

 ish brown streaked with blackish; below as in yng., 

 but breast grayer and with indistinct streaks. Notes. 

 A soft metallic pleep-pleep. (Nelson.) 



Range. "Eastern Asia, and coast of Alaska, migrating south ta 

 Java and Australia." (A. O. U.) 



239. Pectoral Sandpiper (Actodromas maculata). 

 L. 9. Ads. Middle tail-feathers longest, pointed, 

 blackish margined with rusty; above black and rusty; 

 below white, breast thickly streaked; upper tail-coverts 

 black. Yng. and in winter much the same. Notes. Call, 

 a grating whistle; song, a hollow, resonant, musical 

 too-u, repeated eight times, made after filling aesopha- 

 gus with air until it is puffed out to size of the body. 

 (Nelson.) 



Range. North America; breeds In Arctic regions; winters south of 

 United States to South America; rare on Pacific coast. 



240. White-rumped Sandpiper (Actodromas fusci- 

 collis}. L. 7.5. Longer upper tail-coverts white. Ads. 

 Breast white, distinctly spotted or streaked. Yng. More 

 rufous above; breast less distinctly streaked. Winter. 

 Brownish gray above; similar to yng. below. 



Range. Eastern North America; breeds in the interior north of 

 Hudson Bay; winters south of United States to southern South Amer- 

 ica; rare on Pacific coast. 



241. Baird Sandpiper (Actodromas bairdif). 

 L. 7.5. No rusty in plumage. Ads. Longest upper 

 tail-coverts blackish', breast buffy, faintly streaked. 

 Yng. Similar, but back conspicuously margined with 

 whitish. Winter. Above "buffy grayish brown," no 

 white margins. 



Range. Interior of North America; breeds in the Arctic regions and 

 winters south of United States to southern South America. 



242. Least Sandpiper (Actodromas minutilla}. L. 6. 

 Smallest of our Sandpipers. Ads. Above black, buff 

 and rufous; below white breast lightly streaked. Yng. 

 Similar, but breast less distinctly streaked. Winter. 

 Above brownish gray, often streaked with black, be- 

 low white. Notes. Peep-peep. 



Range. North America; breeds from Sable Island and Magdalens 

 northward; winters from Gulf States and California south to Soutt 

 America. 



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