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with black ; back black ; rump white ; bill black ; feet and legs 

 orange red. Length, 9 in. ; wing, 6 in. 



Hab. Nearly cosmopolitan. In America from Greenland and 

 Alaska to Straits of Magellan ; more or less common in interior of 

 North America on the shores of Great Lakes and the larger rivers. 

 Breeds in high latitudes. 



104. Least Sandpiper. Tringa minutilla. 

 Peep. 



Upper parts black, edged and tipped with buff or rufous ; upper 

 throat white ; neck and breast white or buffy, streaked ; belly and 

 sides white ; bill, legs and feet black. Length, 6 in. ; wing, y/ 2 in. 



Hab. The whole of North and South America, breeding north of 

 the United States. Accidental in Europe. 



105. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Ereunetes pu sillus. 

 Ox-eye ; peep. 



Upper parts black margined with brownish gray ; breast streaked 

 or spotted with black ; under parts white ; bill, feet, and legs black. 

 Length, 6X in. ; wing, 3^ in. 



Hab. Eastern North America, breeding north of United States. 

 South in winter to South America and West Indies. 



106. Aleutian Sandpiper. Tringa eouesi. 



Head, neck, and back black ; wings gray brown ; white bar across 

 wing ; rump brownish black ; throat, neck, and under parts white 

 streaked with brownish black ; bill gray black ; feet and legs yellow. 



" In winter resembles purple sandpiper so closely that it is impossible to give 

 recognizable character to distinguish them apart." Elliot. 



Hab. Aleutian Islands and coast of Alaska, north to Kowak River, 

 west to Commander Islands, Kamchatka. Length, 7J^~9 in. ; wing, 

 4^-5 in. 



107. Curlew Sandpiper. Tringa ferruginea. 



Upper parts brownish gray ; sides of head and throat white streaked 

 with gray. In summer back and scapulars are black margined with 

 rusty ; sides of head, neck, and breast rufous ; bill, legs, and feet green- 

 ish black. Length, 8j in. ; wing, 5 in. 



Hab. The Old World in general ; occasional in Eastern North 

 America and Alaska. 



