SANDPIPERS. 147 



100. LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. 



Differs from last in having bill longer, 

 3.10, and being deeper in color beneath 

 where there are few or no blotches, western 

 N. A. heeding in Alaska and near Arctic 

 coast, south through western U. S. including 

 the Mississippi Valley, and less commonly 

 along Atlantic coast to winter in Mexico. 



Fig. 117 



Curlew Sandpiper. 



101. STILT SANDPIPER. 



Slender, 9; bill, > longer than head; 

 summer, tail, white; remaining upper parts 

 dusky brown streaked and banded with 

 dusky; patch on side of head, reddish; white 

 beneath, banded with dusky. Winter gray- 

 ish above, no redish spot on side of head, 

 beneath, white unbanded, fig. 101. Young, 

 more buffy above than last and with a buff 

 tinging on breast. Note, a chuckling whistle. 



