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SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 



ica chiefly in tiie nortli eastern portion, Itroodin},' in the liijfli north," south in 

 winter to the (Jrout Lakes uml l^oiitj; Isliiixl, and etLsually to Florida. 



Lonfjf Ishind, uueoninion W. V., Nov. 1 to Mch. 1. Caiubritlge, casual, one 

 instance, Oct. 



AV/r/«, three to four, olive clay-color or brownish lishy, heavily marked 

 with rufous-brown, 1-45 x 1'08. 



This bird might be called Winter Snipe or Rock Snipe. Indeed, I 

 find the latter name has been a|)plied to it from its habit of freciuent- 

 ing rocky coast.s, where it secures its food in the algaj attached to rocks 

 exposed by the falling tide. 



289. Txinga, maculata r«V/7/. I'ectoral Sandpipek; Kkieker. 

 Ad. ill ««;////(«/•.— Upper jtart.s black, the feathers all heavily bordered with 

 pale ocliraceous-butt ; rump and upper tail-eovcrts b/(t<l\ lightly tipped with 

 ochraceouM-butl"; middle tail-feathers longest, pointed and margined with 

 bully ; outer tail-feathers brownish gray, narrowly margined with wliite ; 

 throat white, neck and brea.st heavily streaked with black and butfy ; rest of 

 umler parts white. W'intir jilmiiaiie. — Similar, but ochraceous-bulf of ui)per 

 parts replaced by rufous, and brem^t heavily washed with huffy. L., y.OO ; W., 

 5-40; Tar., 1-10; K., Mo. 



/iemarkii. — This bird somewliat resembles both T.fvgcicnUid and T. hairdii, 

 but it differs from them in its larger size, black in.stead of white or fuscous 

 upper tail-coverts, and longer, more |)oiiited middle tail-feathers. 



lidinje. — North America; breeds in the arctic regions and v inters in the 

 West Indies anil South America. 



Washington, common T. V., Apb: Aug. to Nov. Long Island, T. V., 

 rare in spring, common from July 1") to Nov. 1. Sing Sing, rare T. V., Sept_ 

 10 to Oct. lt'>. Cambridge, irregular and uncommon in Sept. and Oct. 



Eijatt, four, drab, sometimes witli a greenish tinge, blotched with clear 

 amber-brown markings, more numerous at the larger end, l-oO x 1-0'J (Mur- 

 doch ). 



The names Grass Snipe and Krieker describe with equal truth and 

 conciseness the haunts and notes of this Snipe. It frequents wet, 

 grassy meadows rather than lieaelies. and. although it flies in flocks, 

 the birds scatter while feeding and take wing one or more at a time. 

 They thus remind one of Wilson's Snipe. Their note is a squeaky, 

 grating whistle. They will respond to an imitation of it. but do not 

 decoy so readily as the larger Bay Birds. :Mr. E. W. Nelson writes* 

 th.it during the brooding season the male inflates its breast and throat 

 until they are double their normal size, and utters a deep, hollow, reso- 

 nant note. 



840. Tringa ftiscicollis \"n!ll. Wuite-iumped SANnpiPEii. Ad. 

 in «MWOTfr.— Upper parts black, edirod with nifous; rump grayish .\iscou8, 

 margined with ashy ; longer upper tail-coverts white, witli nomctimes brownish- 



• Rep. on Nat. Hist. Colls, made in Alaska, p. 108. 



