THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



No. 248. 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



A. O. U. No. 263. Actitis macularia (Linn.). 



Synonyms. PEET-WEET; TIP-UP; TEETER-TAIL. 



Description. Adult in summer: Upper parts light olive-brown, with pale 

 greenish or brassy luster; the head and neck streaked, and the back, scapulars, 

 tertiaries, etc., irregularly barred with darker; quills darker and with more dis- 

 tinct greenish reflections ; the inner primaries and secondaries narrowly tipped 



Taken in Loram County. Photo by the Author. 



A FAVORITE NESTING HAUNT OF THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



with white, the former varied with some white on the inner webs, the latter with 

 much basal white showing conspicuously in flight ; central tail-feathers like back, 

 but greener, the outer feathers becoming duller and tipped with white ; a white 

 superciliary line; entire under parts white and strikingly marked with rounded 

 spots approaching color of back; bill flesh-color, sometimes orange, darkening 

 above, or not, and with dusky tip ; feet and legs pinkish white. Winter plumage : 

 Similar, but back browner, unbarred. Immature : Like adult but unspotted below, 

 tinged with gray on breast ; above showing blackish or buffy bars, faintly on back, 

 more strongly on wing-coverts, and upper tail-coverts. Length 7.00-800 (177.8- 

 203.2) ; wing 4.15 (105.4) ; tail 2.00 (50.8) ; bill .93 (23.6) ; tarsus .95 (24.1). 



