SANDPIPERS. 177 



ings in summer. Interior of N. A. from the 

 Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. Winters 

 on south Atlantic and Gulf coast. 



122. RUFF. 



A large, 11, stout Sandpiper, males of 

 which are remarkable in having a cape of 

 elongated feathers about neck and a ruff 

 above it, fig. 124; face naked. Color variable, 

 ruff and cape, either chestnut, buff, black 

 or white, plain, streaked or barred; beneath 

 and on sides of rump, white. . Female, with- 

 out ruff or cape; plumage, barred with 

 black, white a,nd rusty; white beneath. 

 Northern parts of eastern Hemisphere, occa- 

 sional in eastern U. S. but chiefly on coast. 



123. BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER. 



Rather large, 12, with short slender bill; 

 neck long; buffy throughout, darker above 

 spotted and barred with black, fig. 125. Call 

 note, a clear, rather shrill whistle. Flight 

 strong and direct, with comparatively slow 

 wing-beats. Breeds in the far north in N. A.; 

 goes south in Aug. at which time it is not 



