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SNIPES, SANDPIFERS, ETC. 



SftiKl^iper, but is larger (W., 5-75), and has the upper tuil-covcrts pure 

 white. 



866. Totanus solitarius ( Wih.). Roi.itaky Sam>i>ii>ek. Ad. in 

 summer. — UpjKT part« olivc-fusccjus, witli n slight greeniwli tinge, tlie lieud 

 and neck Mtrenked and tlie back spotted with wliite ; upper tail-covertH fus- 

 cous, with fine whitisli spots on their sich's, the liitcral ones sotnetimes l)aried; 

 central pair of tail-feathers fuscous, the others wiiite, barred with black; 







Fig. 64.— Inner view of wing of Solitary Sandpiper, showing barred axillars. 



breast streaked, and sides sometimes barred with black ; belly white ; a.xillara 

 barred with bluek and white ; legs greeni.sli fuscous. Wintir pliimaye.. — Sii.i- 

 lar, but upi)er parts grayish brown ; head and neck geruraily unstrcaked, and 

 the back only lightly spotted with bully white; breast struaked with brown- 

 ish gray. L., »-40; VV., 5-25; Tar., 1-20; B., M5. 



Jiuiitje. — Ea.stern North America; breeds locally and rarely from norths rn 

 Illinois, western Pennsylvania, and Maine northward ; winters in South 

 America. 



Washington, common T. V., Apl. to May 25 ; July 2!i to Nov. Long 

 Island, common T. V., May; .July 15 to Oct. 1. Sing Sing, common T. \\, 

 May a to 80; Aug. 27 to Oct 2, Cambridire, common T. V., May 15 to 25; 

 July 20 to Oct. 



h'fff/s, known from only one example taken by .Tenncss Hichardson, near 

 Lake Homba/ine, Vermont. May 2S, 187'*, and dcscribeil by Dr. lirewer as 

 light drab, with simill, rounded, brown nuirkings, some quite dark, nowhere 

 confluent, and at the larger end a few faint purplish shell-marks, 1"9 x -{K^. 



This is a wood Sandpiper. It is rarely found on tlio bcaclios or salt 

 marshes near the sea, but froquciits fresh-water jjonds, or lakes and 

 woodland streams, both in the lowlands and monntains. It is gener- 

 crally observed during the migrations, ami although it occasionnlly 

 breeds in the Middle States its skill in concealing its nest has defied 

 the search of eulogists. It is a quieter, more dignified bird than the 

 S|)otted Samlpiper, and as a rule only utters its " low, whistling notes" 

 when flushed. 



268. Symphemia semipalmata (^^mc/.l. Wim.et. Ad. in sum- 

 mer. — Upjicr parts l)rownisli gray, the head and neck streaked, and the back 

 barred with black, and sometimes bully, the centers of the feathers being oc- 

 casionally wholly black ; basal half of the jirimarics and greater part of sec- 

 ondaries white ; upper tail-coverts white with a few blackish bars; central 

 tail-feathei'sasliy, indistinctly L'.rrvd witkhl(ifkiiih ; outer ones whitish, lightly 



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