SN: MH'ii-KUs. I:TC. 1C3 



248. Calidri* areiuui* (I.inn.). BAKUKKI i *mn. Ad. 

 in t*mm*r. feathers of the upper parts with generally Mack center*, bor- 

 dered and sometime* barred with pale rufous atul tij-jN-.l with aiihy white; 

 wings fuscous, the baaal half of Uie outer web of the inner primaries ickit* ; 

 wing-oovcrU grayish fuscous, the greater one broadly tipj-l w ith white ; tail 

 brownih gray, narrowly margined with white; throat and upper breast 

 washed with paU ru/out and spotted with blackish ; n-wt <>f tin- under parU 

 p*ri white. Im. in /all, Similar, but upper parts witiiuut rufuux, g\<*y 

 black, thf t. .. -times bordered with white, but generully with tico 



-|x>U at their tips separated by the black of the central part of the 

 feather; nape grayish while, lightly streaked with blackish; under parts 

 pun white, with occasionally a few spots on the breast. H 'inter jilumayt. 

 I I I- r parts pale brownish gray, wings as in the preceding ; under parts pur 

 whiu-. I... 800; W.,6-00; Tar., 1-00; B., 1-00. 



/fmmrJx. The Sanderling is the only one of our Snipes or Sandpipers 

 having ikrrt toes, and it may always be known by this character in combi- 

 nation with it* bootod or trutisverBC-ly scaled turxi. 



Kangt. u Nearly cosmopolitan, breeding in arctic and subarctic r. . 

 migrating, in America, soutli to Chili and Patagonia" (A. O. U.). 



Washington, casual T. V., two records. Long Island, common T. V., M<-h. 

 15 through May; Aug. 1 through Sept Sing Sing, tolerably common T. V., 

 to June 5; Sept 9 to Oct. 5. Cumbr'nlirf, casual, om- in-tuiuv, S.-jit. 



f'yy*, tliree to four, li^lit "livc-hrown, tiin-ly hj>ott<-il or !*jKTkl-<l witli 

 darker, the markings larger iiixl inrc l.li-n.l.-.l on tip- lur^cr rinl, 1-41 x -91 

 (Kidgw.). 



This is a true beach bird, and is usually found on shores wji>ln-d 

 by the sea. It frequently associates with the Semipalmatcd Sandpiper 

 orOxeye, which it resembles in hnliits. but its larger size and lighter 

 colors distinguish it from that -: 



249. Limosa fedoa /"'.>. MARBLED Gonwrr; BROWN MARLIX. 

 Ad. Upper partu bhu-k. th- In -a-1 an-1 rurk strv-uk'l with lnitfy, the back 

 barred or the feathers spnttod on the sides anl -omctimcs tipjx-il with buffy 

 or ochraceous-buff; inner <)> of tho nuti-r primaries an<l l>ot)i wi-bs of the 

 innor ones <v;lfKyo< A>//f or jialc luilfy, -j'tM-kli-'l with black; tuil o<'l(raceous- 

 bufT barrwl with blaok ; throat white, rest of the tinder parti* pale huffy, spotted 

 or barre<I with black; hill curved slightly upward, yellowish nt the base, 

 black at the end. Im. Similar, hut the under ports with few or no bars 



on the flanks and under tail -co vert*. I... 1 ><><> : NV., ^75 ; Tar., 2-75 ; B., 4"<). 



Rangt. North America, breeding chiefly in the interior, from western 

 Minnesota, and rarely Iowa and Nebraska, northward, and migrating south- 

 ward to Central America an-l <'uha; rare on the Atlantic coast 



Long Island, rare T. V., Aug. and Sept 



Iff*, three to four, clay-color or brownish ashy, blotched, spotted, and 

 crawled with grayUh brown, 2-15 x 1-60. 



Colonel Oo5S writes that tin- sj^iYs ' inhabits the salt- and fresh- 

 water shores, marshes, and moist ground upon the [mtirics. It feeds 



