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ANNALS OF BIRD LIFE. 



SPECIES. 



POINTS OF DISTINCTION. 



Yellow-legged Sandpiper 



Red-breasted Snipe. 



Bonaparte's Sandpiper 



Pectoral Sandpiper . 



American Stint 



Similar in general colouration to 

 Wood Sandpiper, but larger, and 

 legs proportionately longer (2 

 inches, as against i^ in Wood 

 Sandpiper), and bright yellow 

 instead of pale olive ; less white 

 on rump, and obscurely barred 

 at all ages. Length io^ 

 inches. 



No web between middle and inner 

 toe; bill Snipe-like. Under 

 parts in summer buffish chest- 

 nut ; white in winter ; upper 

 parts gray in winter; rump white 

 barred with dark brown. Length 

 8^ inches. 



Similar in general colouration to 

 Little Stint, but always distin- 

 guished by having upper tail 

 coverts pure white, streaked 

 sparingly with dusky brown. 

 Length 7^ inches. 



Similar in general colouration to 

 Little Stint, but larger; breast 

 gray, thickly streaked with dark 

 brown in summer, and in birds 

 in first plumage; in winter 

 only sparingly streaked; legs 

 and feet pale buff. Length 

 8^ inches. 



Generally smaller than Little Stint 

 (length of wing 3-3 to 3*6 inches ; 

 Little Stint 3-6 to 4-0 inches); 

 other characters very unstable ; 

 of doubtful specific rank. Length 

 6 inches. 



