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a musical and resonant note, the skin of the 

 neck and breast becoming flabby and loose, hang- 

 ing down in a pendulous flap if not distended. 

 When courting the female, the male crosses back 

 and forth in front of her, persistent in his atten- 

 tions, with chest swelled out, at times rising high 

 in the air and going through the same perform- 

 ances. The nest is placed on the ground in a 

 tuft of grass and contains four eggs. 



The young are fledged in July and migrate 

 south about three weeks after the old birds. 



The male pectoral sandpiper is so much larger 

 than the female that more than one sportsman has 

 been convinced they were different birds. 



WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER 

 ( Tringa fuscicollis) 



Adult male and female in breeding plumage Upper parts, light 

 grayish brown, the feathers tinged with buff, marked centrally 

 with black ; the black markings largest on the scapulars, else- 

 where in streaks ; rump, dusky, the feathers bordered with gray ; 

 upper tail-coverts, pure white ; tail, dark gray, the central feathers 

 darkest, all with white edges; wing-coverts, brownish gray; 

 superciliary stripe and entire lower parts, pure white ; sides of 

 head, neck, and jugulum, streaked with dusky. 



Adult male and female in winter Wings, rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and tail, as described above ; rest of upper parts, brownish gray, 

 streaked indistinctly with black ; under parts, white ; jugulum, 

 more faintly streaked than in the breeding plumage. 



Young Back and scapulars, black, feathers tipped with white ; those 

 in the middle of the back and rump, edged with rusty ; wing- 

 coverts, bordered with pale buff; breast, grayish ; otherwise like 

 adult in summer ; iris, brown ; bill, feet, and legs, greenish black. 



