BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 



262. Tryngites subruficollis. 8 in. 



Above black and tawny. Below buff with a 

 few black specks on the sides of the breast. 

 Crown mottled with black and buff. Primar- 

 ies with peculiar black and white speckling 

 on the inner webs. Bill short and slender. 



Range. Breeds along the Arctic coast 

 west of Hudson Bay. Winters in southern 

 South America, migration chiefly through 

 the interior of the U. S. 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER; TIP-UP. 



263. Actitis macularia. 7 l /2 in. 

 Olive-gray above and white below, adults 



in summer having the breast and sides bold- 

 ly spotted with blackish. Almost constantly 

 teeters its body when standing. 



Note. A clear peet-weet. 



Nest. Of grass on the ground. Eggs buff, 

 with black blotches. 



Range. Breeds throughout the U. S. and 

 Canada. Winters from the southern states 

 southward. 82 



