DESCRIPTION. 157 



long. Summer adult : Above, brown ish-buff, 

 striped with black ; below, chest buffy-grayish, 

 streaked with dusky ; other parts white. Winter 

 plumage : Similar, but markings less distinct. 

 Young : Similar, but markings more rusty and 

 buffy. 



71. White-rumped Sandpiper. 



Length about 7J inches. Bill about 1 inch long. 

 Upper tail-coverts white. Summer adult: Above, 

 buffy, streaked with black ; below, white, streaked 

 with dusky. Winter plumage : Above, brownish- 

 gray, streaked with dusky ; below, streaks less 

 distinct. Young : Above, blackish, marked with 

 rusty ; below, suffused with buffy. 



72. Baird's Sandpiper. 



Length about 7 inches. Bill about 1 inch long. 

 Summer adult : Above, pale grayish-buff, streaked 

 and spotted with brownish-black ; below, \vhite 

 streaked with dusky. Winter plumage: Above, 

 buffy grayish-brown, Avith dusky markings ; below, 

 dull white, suffused with dull buffy. Young : 

 Above, dull grayish-buff, with dusky streaks ; 

 below, whitish, chest streaked with dusky. 



73. Least Sandpiper. 



Length about 6 inches. Bill about |-inch long. 

 Summer adult : Above, blackish, with rusty ochra- 



