160 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



long. Plumage : Similar, in all stages, to that of 

 Greater Yellow-legs, but size much smaller. 



81. Solitary Sandpiper. 



Length about 8 inches. Bill about 1J inches 

 long. Summer adult : Above, olivaceous-slate, 

 sparsely speckled with white ; below, white, 

 streaked with dusky on fore-neck. Winter plum- 

 age : Above, dark-ashy, less distinctly speckled 

 and streaked. Young : Above, grayish-brown, 

 speckled with huffy ; below, grayish and white. 



82. Bartramian Sandpiper. 



Length about 12 inches. Bill about 1J inches 

 long. Adult : Above, light-brownish, spotted and 

 barred with blackish ; tail-feathers, except middle 

 pair, light-buff, tipped with white ; below, whitish, 

 streaked with dusky. Young : Above, dusky, 

 with buff margins to feathers, huffy tints deeper, 

 but dusky streaks less distinct below. 



83. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Length about 8 inches. Bill about f-inch long. 

 Above, brownish, varied with blackish ; below, 

 buff, marked on chest with dusky. 



84. Spotted Sandpiper. 



Length about 8 inches. Bill about 1 inch long. 

 Summer adult: Above, grayish-brown, with a fairit 



