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Hab, — America in general. Breeding from Iowa and northern 

 Illinois, etc., northward, and migrating south to Chili and Argentine 

 Republic. 



{a) Yellow-legs {Totanus fiavipes). 



Similar to No. 8i, only smaller. Length, ii in.; wing, 6>^ in. 

 Always more abundant than the larger birds. 



Hab. — North America in general, less common in the West than 

 in the Eastern provinces. Migrating south in winter to Southern South 

 America. 



Note. — I have seen the yellow-legs more abundant in North Dakota than 

 anywhere in the East. 



82. White-rumped Sandpiper. — Tringa fuscicollis. 



Upper parts black, edged with rufous ; in winter brownish gray ; 

 throat white ; neck, breast, and sides streaked and spotted with black ; 

 bill, feet, and legs greenish black. Length, 7>^ in. ; wing, 5 in. 



Hab. — Eastern North America, breeding in the high North. In 

 winter the West Indies, Central and South America south to the Falk- 

 land Islands ; occasional in Europe. 



83. Sanderling. — Calidris arenaria. 



Upper parts dark gray with black markings, centre of feathers 

 black ; throat and upper breast spotted with black ; under parts 

 white ; white bar on wing ; bill, legs, and feet black. Length, 8 in. ; 

 wing, 5 in. Often called surf -snipe, beach bird and ruddy plover, usu- 

 ally found on sea-shores. 



Hab. — Nearly cosmopolitan. Breeding in the Arctic and Subarctic 

 regions, migrating in America south to Chili and Patagonia. 



84. Baird's Sandpiper. — Tringa bairdii. 



Upper parts and top of head gray, variegated with black ; sides of 

 head and breast buff streaked with brown ; throat and under parts 

 white ; bill, feet, and legs black. Length, ^yi in. ; wing, 4^ in. 



Hab. — Nearly the whole of North and South America, but chiefly 

 the interior of North and th| western portions of South America, south 

 to Chili, Patagonia. Breeds in Alaska and on the Barren Grounds. 

 Rare along the Atlantic Coast, and not yet recorded from the Pacific 

 Coast of the United States. 



