STRANGERS OF THE AUTUMN. 



225 



SPECIES. 



POINTS OF DISTINCTION. 



Gray Phalarope (continued} 

 Asiatic Golden Plover . 



American Golden Plover. 

 Killdeer Plover. . 



Esquimaux Curlew . 



Bartram's Sandpiper 

 Solitary Sandpiper . 

 Spotted Sandpiper . 



male. Winter plumage : above 

 slate gray; under parts white. 

 Feet lobed. Length 8 inches. 



Similar to Golden Plover, but 

 axillaries smoke-brown instead 

 of white. Length 9 inches. 



Larger than preceding (wing 6'8 to 

 7*5 inches against 6*0 to 67 in.) 



Similar to Ringed Plover; but two 

 black bands across chest ; rump 

 and upper tail coverts chestnut ; 

 tail long and wedge shaped. 

 Length 10 inches. 



Similar in general colouration to 

 Whimbrel, but much smaller; 

 no white on rump; axillaries 

 chestnut barred with brown. 

 Length 14 inches. 



Similar in general colouration to 

 female Ruff, but quills and tail 

 feathers barred with black. 

 Length 12 inches. 



Similar in general colouration to 

 Green Sandpiper, but no white 

 on rump, which is same colour 

 as back. Length 9^ inches. 



Similar in general colouration to 

 Common Sandpiper, but under 

 parts in summer spotted with 

 black. Distinguished from Com- 

 mon Sandpiper at all ages and 

 seasons by having more brown 

 than white on secondaries; white 

 on outer tail feathers is less than 

 in its Old World ally. Length 

 7^ inches. 



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