88. 



7O SHORE BIRDS. 



tingeing on breast. Note, a chuckling whistle. Flight, swift 

 and direct, with rapid wing beats. Eastern N. A., breeding 

 north of the Fig. 



U. S. ; goes ^ 



south i 11 

 Aug. w h c 11 

 it is not un- 

 common on 

 the coast of 

 Mass., to 

 winter in S. 

 A, ; comes 

 north in Ap- 

 ril, when it 

 is common in 

 Fla. but rare 

 further north 

 on the coast. 



c. Ruddy Sandpipers. Tringa. 

 Rather large, stout sandpipers with quite thick and not 

 very long bills that are not sensitive at tip ; legs not long ; toes 

 without webs ; occur on sandy beaches and procure their 



Gr 9 D, b, 1. 1-3, 



Fig. 89. 



B, c, 1. 1-5. 



food, which consists chiefly 

 o f small marine animals, 

 between tide marks. 



1. KNOT, T. CANUTUS. 

 10.50 ; bill, 1.35; ashy-gray 

 above mottled with dull 

 1 black and pale reddish ; 

 ' upper t a, i 1 coverts, white 

 . banded with dusky ; be- 

 ~" neath, pale cinnamon 

 streaked on throat and 

 banded on sides with dusky 

 bill, brown ; feet, greenish, 

 fig. 89. Winter, gray above 



