SANDPIPERS. 179 



spotted with it below, fig. 126, axillaries and 

 wing lining white, showing in flight. Young 

 have feathers bordered with w r hite. Flight 

 rapid, but rather flitting. Call, a clear whistle 

 given when on the wing. Breeds in the far 

 northern interior of N. A. where it is 

 abundant; goes south in Aug. and Sept., but 

 in fall appears to be nowhere common; 

 winters in S. A., north in May when seldom 

 if ever found on Atlantic coast. An in- 

 conspicuous species. 



126. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



Rather small, 7.50; short lesrged; bill, 

 medium; white beneath, marked with 

 rounded spots of dusky; broad band through 

 wing, white; greenish brown above streaked 

 and spotted with dusky, fig. 127; tail tipped 

 with white and outer feathers are banded 

 with same; in winter is without handings 

 above or spots below, fig. 127. Young with 

 buff bandings on wings and tail. Dow r ny 

 young yellowish gray above, with narrow 

 black line down back and on either side of 



