RED-BACKED SANDPIPER; DUNLIN. 



243. Pelidna alpina sakhalina. 8 in. 



In summer with bright reddish-brown back 

 and black patch on the belly. Head and 

 breast finely streaked. In winter gray and 

 white with no conspicuous marking or color. 

 Bill rather stout. 



Nest. On the ground. Three or four 

 grayish eggs, heavily spotted with brown. 



Range. Breeds along our Arctic coast. 

 Winters in the southern half of U. S. 



CURLEW SANDPIPER (not figured). 



244. Erolia ferniginea. 7*/2 in. 



An European species casually occurring 

 on the Atlantic coast. Bill slightly decurved. 



SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. 

 246. Ereunetes pusillus. 6 l / 4 in. 



Toes with small web between their bases. 

 Grayer than the Least Sandpiper and with 

 fewer streaks on the breast. 



Range. Breeds along our Arctic coast. 

 Winters south from our southern states. 



