156 



SHORE BIRDS. 



below. Note a short, sharp whistle. Flight, 

 ordinary. Occurs on beach, salt marsh and 

 margins of pounds near sea. Occasionally 

 occurs in small flocks but are usually found 

 with other sandpipers. Eastern N. A. breed- 

 ing far north; winters in southern S. A. 



Fig. 126 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 1-4. 



casually as far north as Fla. This is the 

 Bull Peep of sportsmen. 



106. COOPER SANDPIPER. 



Differs from last in being larger, 9.50, 

 in having only a trace of reddish above, and 

 in having conspicuous V-shaped marks of 

 black on upper tail coverts. Only a single 



