166 



SHORE BIRDS. 



113. WESTERN SANDPIPER. 



Similar to the Semipalmated but bill 

 longer and stouter, and in spring upper 

 parts and head marked with bright cinna- 

 mon and distinct streaks and triangular 

 spots of dusky which extend along sides, 

 fig. 119, in fall distinguished by a longer and 



Fig. 136 



Semipalmated Plover. 



larger bill. Breeds far north in western N. 

 A., goes south about the same time as the 

 Semipalmated and winters in the same 

 sections; common in Fla. in winter and 

 spring but uncommon further north; a few 

 occur along the coast in fall as far north as 

 N. E., but not in spring. 



