PECTORAL SANDPIPER; GRASS SNIPE. 



239. Pisobia maculata. 9 in. 



Above mixed blackish and reddish-brown. 

 Below white, the breast being washed with 

 buff and streaked with dusky. Frequents wet 

 meadows as well as shores of ponds. 



Note. Clear whistles. 



Nest. On the ground as usual. 



Range. Breeds on the Arctic coast west 

 of Hudson Bay. Winters in South America. 

 Common during migration in the interior 

 and on the Atlantic coast. 



WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. 

 240. Pisobia fuscicollis. 7 l / 2 in. 



Gray, black and brown above. Rump white. 

 Below white, with streaks on the breast. 



Nest. On the ground in grass. Eggs 

 gray, blotched with brown. 



Range. Breeds along the Arctic coast 

 from Greenland to Alaska. Winters in south- 

 ern South America. Abundant in Miss. Val- 

 ley during migrations. Less so on the At- 

 lantic coast. 75 



