134 SHORE BIRDS. 



reaching end of tail; head, neck and chest 

 light cinnamon, wings and two broad stripes 

 on back, black; tail, ashy; elsewhere white, 

 fig. 102 ; in winter cinnamon is replaced by 

 white* Swims well and frequently alights 



Fig. 103 



Black-necked Stilt. 1-4. 



on water. Cries, harsh and continuous. 

 Breeds in the interior west of Mississippi 

 River from Kansas north to Saskatchawan 

 and Great Slave Lake; winters south to 

 Guatemala; exceedingly rare in eastern U. S. 



