420 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 



Calumet Lake, Cook Co., 111.. Sept. 1898. (The Auk, Vol. XVI, 1899, 

 p. 276.) It has occasionally been taken in Wisconsin, but Kunilien 

 and Ilollistcr consider it a "rare migrant." 



Genus ACTITIS Illiger. 

 130. Actitis macularia (Linn.). 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Distr.: North and South America, from Alaska to the West 

 Indies, Middle America and Brazil; breeds throughout temperate 

 North America. 



Adult in summer: Top of the head and back, olive green, showing 

 bronzy reflections when held in the light; some of the feathers on the 

 back irregularly marked with brown; under parts, white, marked 

 with large, round black spots. 



'USnijJII 



Summer. 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Winter. 



Adult in winter: Above, olive, showing a faint bronzy luster 

 when held in the light; feathers on the back, faintly tipped with 

 dusky; wing coverts, narrowly banded with tawny; throat, white; 

 breast, faintly tinged with ashy; under parts, including belly and 

 under tail coverts, white; mandible and edge of the maxilla, pale 

 wax yellow (in life), rest of bill, black. 



Length, 8; wing, 4.20; tarsus, i; bill, i. 



This well known species is a very common summer resident in 

 Illinois and Wisconsin and breeds in suitable localities. It is often 

 seen along the banks of rivers and ponds. The nest is at times a 

 slight structure of grass, while at others it is a mere depression in the 

 ground with a little loose grass and leaves. 



