300 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



WILSON PHALAROPE. 



This is the common form on the Pacific Coast, and not 

 the Northern species. But see page 202 for the general 

 habits of the family. 



" Female in breeding plumage; crown and back blu- 

 ish gray; black stripe along sides of head and neck shad- 

 ing into rich chestnut along lower neck and shoulders; 

 chest and lower part of the throat delicate cinnamon buff; 

 upper part of throat, belly and line over the eye, white." 



Male generally darker plumage, 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



(Often called "Tip-up" or "Teeter-tail.") 

 "Upper parts, light brown; under parts, white, every- 

 where marked with roundish spots of blackish; a row of 

 white spots on the wing-bars shows in flight as a white 

 stripe. The outer tail feathers barred with white,"- 

 Hoffman. 

 Nests upon every stream, 



HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 



Common in migration. Like all curlews, long, scimitar- 

 like bill 3-4 inches. Plumage above, brownish -mottled 

 and barred with dusky buff -white; top of head, blackish; 

 a brown line through eye; under parts, throat and belly, 

 white; neck and breast, streaked with dusky. Length, 

 17,00, 



LONG-EARED OWL. 



A common summer, and a less common winter, resident, 

 east of the Cascades. In color, so nearly like the bark of 



