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Ptil. mtiv. Supra olivaceo-brunnea, vix ^neo adumbrata, fasciis transversis nigris ornata: subtus alba, fasoiis 

 etmaoulis mgns guttata: rostro viridesoenti-olivaceo, mandibula flavicante, ad apieem brunnea ; pedibus 

 palhde flavicanti-carneis ; iride coryUina. (Descr. avis adult® ex Cozumel. Mus. nostr.) 



Eab. North America to Alaska, breeding throughout its range, less common on the 

 Pacific coast 29.— Mexico {I)e]ppe& Schiede^^ Sumichrast^^ Mann^^), Matamoros 

 {Dresser ^^^), Tamesi, Tampico {Richardson ^^), Eio de Iglesias, Chihuahua 

 {Lloyd^% Colima {Xantus'^% Zacatecas, Calotlan and Bolanos in Jalisco, Aguas 

 Calientes, Chimalapa, and Tehuantepec {Bichardson ^% Dos Arroyos, Amula, and 

 Acapulco in Guerrero, Teapa {Mrs. H. H. SmUh^% near the city of Mexico 

 {White^Yer^ Cruz {Salle ^^% Orizaba {£otteri% Puebla, San Lorenzo, Cordova 

 {Ferrari- Perez ^^), Laguna Verde, La Antigua, Sola, Juchatengo in Oaxaca 

 (Trujillo 23), San Mateo, Santa Efigenia, Tehuantepec city (Sumichrast ^^), Tizimin, 

 N. Yucatan {Gaumer^^), Cozumel I. {Be Vis ^\ Benedict ^^, Gaumer i^ 23j . Guate- 

 mala, Yzabal, Dueiias {0. S. <& F. D. G.^), Panajachel {Bichardson ^% San 

 Geronimo {O.S.^); Salvador, La Lihertad {Bichardson ^^); Honduras, Truxillo 

 {Townsend ^% Euatan I. ( Gaumer i^ 23j . Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur {Nutting 2i),- 

 Momotombo {Bichardson^% ^o "E.?,coMdi\diO {Bichmond^^); Costa EiCAi^is^San 

 Jose {v. Frantzius ^2, Cherrie^", Boucard i^, CarmioP^), Irazu district {Sogers 23), San 

 Lucas, Punta Arenas, Jimenez, Alajuela, Carrillo, Civita Simon, Miravalles3i {JJji- 



derwood, in litt.); Panama, Lion BW^WLeannan io23j South America generally to 



Brazil, Amazonia, Ecuador, and Peru 23 ; West Indies 23. — Incidental in Europe 23. 



The Spotted Sandpiper closely resembles the common T. hypoleuca of Europe, and 

 in its winter and young plumages can scarcely be distinguished from that species, 

 excepting by the greater amount of yellov? on the lower mandible and the presence of 

 a broad subterminal band on all the secondaries : in T. hypoleuca the inner second- 

 aries are for the most part white. In the breeding-plumage, however, T. macularia 

 is easily distinguished from its eastern ally by having the under surface of the body 

 thickly spotted with black. 



It is a common bird in North America, and nests throughout the temperate area 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific, ascending to a considerable altitude in the Rocky 

 Mountains. In Central America the species is known as a winter visitor, but 

 Mr, Cherrie is of opinion that some individuals breed in Costa Rica 2^. In Guatemala 

 we observed the Spotted Sandpiper about most of the rivers during the winter months, 

 inhabiting both the tableland and the coast country ^. It is reported as common in 

 Nicaragua, both by Mr. Nutting 21 and Mr. Richmond, the latter having observed 

 examples up to the 16th of May 28. 



T. macularia arrives at its breeding-quarters in North America in April, and makes 

 a slight nest of straw and grass, generally in some open spot on the bank of a lake or 

 river, the parent birds afterwards showing extreme solicitude for the safety of their 

 young. During migration it is found along the banks of rivers, either in family-parties 



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