SXII'KS >\MIMI'KUS, F/IV. 



ilrtrict and interior i I,! : Ain.ri.-a; northward to the arctic court; Sooth 

 America in wint M.-C in Kuro|f" (A. o. L'.). 



Long Inland, ntro T. V., Aug. ami Sept. 



Eyg*\ three to four, buffy grayish white, varying to pale olive-buff, boldly 

 |N>ttd longitudinally land Mimewhnt -.p'trully with dark Vandyke- or mad- 

 .wn ninl purplish gray, I'M x 1-04 (Kidgw.). 



Tiiis is a rare species on the Atlantic coast. Dr. Hatch writes of 

 it as observed l>y luin in Minnesota: -They arc an extremely active 

 - when <>n the wing, and essentially ploverine in ail respects, 

 seeking .^iiuly, tmrrt-n prairies, where they live uj>on grasshoppers, 

 Ti p kets. and in.-ccts generally, ami ants and their eggs specially. I 

 have found them reporting upon minute inollnsks on the sandy shores 

 of small and shallow jMinds. where they were apparently little more 

 su-picioii- than tin- Solitary Sandpipers are notably. The flight is in 

 rather compact form, dipping and rising alternately, and with a dis- 

 position to return again to the neighborhood of their former feeding 

 places." 



263. Actltls macularia ( / / a*. . SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Ad. in turn- 

 mtr. L'pjK-r {"art.-* l>n>\vni.li irruy with u faint gruon'mh lii.-tt-r. tin- head and 

 Meek ui"r<' ">r Ir.-o* >tn-uki-il, und the l>u<-k Kurred r siHitt-<l witli bluck ; inner 

 tail -fcatJ ier like tlic Imck, outer "lu-i witli hlaekisli hurs; under part* white, 

 everywhere spotted with blnek. lm. t'i'|>-r parts )iri>wni.-h fray, with a 

 greenUh t'm^'e, the l>U'-k faintly and wini;-e<ivert.s conspicuously haired with 

 black and butfy ; tuxli-r p:irt.- \>\\r\- white, unspotted, but sl'urhtly washed with 

 frrayUh nn the lin-n-t. \\'int,r ] - 'nilnr, but back Irowncr and 



without bars. I. . 7 BO] \V . i _.. ; Tar.. '.< : \\ 



".North Ameri'-a n-irtli t-> Hudson Bay; breeds throughout its 

 range; winters south ward to Hni/il. 



Washington, COIMIIKHI T. V., not common S. 1J., A]l. "> to Sept. .",n. Long 

 Inland, abundant S. K., Apl. I -imr Sinsr, <-ommi>n S. U.. Apl. 'J'J to 



Oct. 88. Caiubridire, <-<>mmon S. K., Apl. _'; to S<-j.t. 



Kyy*, four, creiimy l>iitT<>r white, thi.-kly sjxitted and s|H--kli-d with choco- 



Few Shore Uird< are more generally known than this widely dis- 

 trilnited little Sandpi|Nr. It frequents the margins nf bodies of both 

 fresh and salt water. lut is m-re common inland on the shores of our 

 rivers, |M>nds. ami lake*. I>urini; the summer it is practieally our only 

 fresh-water Sandpiper, and is familiar to m-t of us under its common 

 names. It runs rapidly along the lieaeh. then pan-ing bobs, bows, and 

 ; a most energetic manner. When flushed it takes wing 

 with a sharp irfft-irrrf Mrr/-t/vW. and after a few wing-strokes scales 

 over the water to tin- U a-'h Ix-yond. It apparently dislikes to go be- 

 yond certain limits, and after several flights makes a wide circle and 

 returns to the starting point. 



