M'l'll'KKS. |.;rr. 



mottled with graylah ; foreneek heavily atTMkod ; breast and side* heavily 

 .nth -lark t.r"wnih gray and more or IOM waahed with huffy; belly 

 y white, with sometime* a few ban. H'inlrr plumayt, Upper part* 



browoiah gray. unmarked ; tail without ban; rump ami winga aa in the adult; 



breaat waahed with gray'wh ; belly white ; axillart black. L., 15-00; W., 8-00; 



^ .,. 



AVii.- Kaittoni North America, breeding from Florida to southern New 

 Jeraey, and locally and rarely to Maine. 



Washington, rare T. V., Aug. Long Island, T. V., rare in May; uncom- 

 mon in Aug. ami Sept. Sing Sing, A. V. 



fygt, throe to four, clay-color or buffy, thickly spotted with chocolate, 

 chietly at the larger end, 2-10 x 1-56. 



Willets frequent both fresh- and salt-water marshes, shores, and 

 beaches. If you \ i>it their haunts during the nesting season, on flut- 

 tering wings they will hover above your head or fly low over the 

 marsh to draw you away from their home, uttering, with scarce a mo- 

 ment's cessation, their loudly whistled call of pilly-will-unllet, pilly- 

 will-irillet. All clay long, and even at night, I have heard them repeat 

 these notes until, wearied by their persistence, one is thankful to leave 

 them in undisturbed possession of the ground. 



268a. S. s. inornate Drtwit. WESTERN WILLET. Slightly larger 

 than the preceding, and, in summer plumage, the upper part* are paler and 

 lea* heavily marked with black ; the breast U less heavily streaked and more 

 uffuned with huffy, and the middle tail-feathers arc without black bare. In 

 winter plumage the two forma can } distiniruiiihed only by the slight and 

 inconstant character of size. W., 8-50; Tar., 2-.V); B., 2-40. 



Kange. Western t'nitcd States, breeding from Texas to Manitoba; win- 

 ters on the Gulf coast from Florida to Texas. 



The Rrrr (KO. fotonetlla pvynax) w an Old- World s{x>cieH which occa- 

 sionally wanders to eastern North America. It has been taken in Maine, 

 MaaaachuActts, Ontario, Ohio, Long Island, and New Jersey. The adult male 

 may be known by it* enlarged ruff', which varies in color from black, chest- 

 nut, and rufous to huffy and whiti.h. Tin- tVmalu is without a ruff, and ia 

 otherwise very different from the male. The uppvr parts an- crnyish brown, 

 the back, Mcapulars, and tertial* are broadly barret! with black, the outer 

 tail-feathers are ashy, the inner ones are barred with huffy and black, the 

 Treat is ashy, wiv i black bars, the l-lly i* white. In winter the 



u]-|~-r parts are light grayish brown with few or no bars. 6 L., 12-60; W., 

 7-50; Tar, . '.9 L., 10-00 ; W., -00; Tar., 1-40; B., MS. 



861. Bartramia lonj?icaudaY < /tti-kri.). HAKTRAMIAN SANDPIPEII; 



I'IOVKK; Kit 1 1> I'OVKR. Ad. Head and neck streaked with black 



hraccous-buff; back and wing-covert* ochraceous-buff, barred with 



black; tcrtiala olive, barred with black and margined with ochraceous-buff; 



primaries fuscous, the outer one barrel vitk irhit. ; inner tail-fcathera brown- 



Uh gray, outer onea varying from ochraceoua-buff to white, all more or leaa 



