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and dusky ; below, light-cinnamon, with dusky 

 markings. Winter plumage : Plain ash-gray, inter- 

 mixed with white. Young : Above, varied with 

 blackish and light-brown ; below, soiled white, 

 tinged on breast with pale-brownish. 



68. Knot. 



Length about 11 inches. Bill about 1J inches 

 and tail 2J inches long. Summer adult : Above, 

 grayish, varied with black and tinged with pale- 

 rusty ; below, pale vinaceous-cinnamon. Winter 

 plumage : Above, ash-gray ; below, white, streaked 

 and marked with dusky. Young : Above, ash- 

 gray, feathers bordered with whitish and with a 

 sub-edging of dusky ; below, whitish, sometimes 

 with huffy on breast, or streaked and flecked with 

 dusky. 



69. Purple Sandpiper 



Length about 9 inches. Bill about 1J inches 

 long. Summer adult : Above, dusky, marked with 

 buff; below, white and grayish, streaked and 

 spotted with dusky. Winter plumage : Above, 

 blackish, glossed with purplish ; below, brownish- 

 plumbeous and white. Young : Above, duskj , 

 with feathers bordered with pale grayish-buff. 



70. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Length about 9 inches. Bill about If inches 



