KEY TO THE BIRDS. 



margined and tipped -with white ; tail bay and black, outer 

 feathers soiled white with brown bars. Feet greenish gray. 



Wilson's Snipe. See page 837. 



3. Bill long and slender like the last species, which it greatly 



resembles. " Rump and tail white, the former spotted, the 

 latter banded with black." Winter plumage ash-gray above 

 and whitish below. Bill and feet greenish black. 



Dowitcher. See page 238. 



4. Straight bill an inch and a half long. Above black, white, ash, 



and reddish ; crown gray, streaked with black ; nape of neck 

 reddish. Below rich chestnut ; legs short and thick. 



Knot. See page 239. 



5. Bill straight, half as long as head, flesh-coloured, tipped with black. 



Above black and reddish, with stripe over eye ; neck short. 

 Below whitish, washed on neck and breast with dusky, broken 

 by brown lines. Rump black ; wings dusky ; some tail feathers 

 tipped with white. Feet dusky greenish. 



Pectoral Sandpiper. See page 240. 



6. Above dark brown, feathers edged with ashy and reddish. Neck 



ash-gray spotted will* black. White eye stripe. Wings dusky, 



rump and tail coverts black. Below grayish white. Bill black ; 



legs dull green. 



Least Sandpiper. See page 241. 



7. Long, thin, yellow legs ; bill greenish black, over two inches 



long. Above dusky, spotted with black and white. Below 

 white, streaked sparsely with gray on the neck. Rump white, 

 also the tail feathers, which are barred with brown. 



Greater Yellow Legs. See page 242. 



8. Long, slender, dark bill. Dark brown above with an olive wash. 



Head and neck streaked with white, rest of upper parts 



spotted with white. Below white with some streaks on the 



throat. Legs dull greenish. 



Solitary Sandpiper. See page 243. 



9. Short bill, but little longer than the head. Above gray, tinged 



with reddish. Below varying from white to buff, dark lines 

 on breast and spots on belly. Outer tail quills white, barred 

 with black. Feet dirty yellow. 



Bartramian Sandpiper. See page 244. 



10. Slender, flesh-coloured bill tipped with black, longer than the head. 

 Above Quaker gray, with an iridescent lustre, spotted and 

 streaked with black. White eye line. White below, dotted 

 with black ; feet flesh-coloured. 



Spotted Sandpiper. See page 244. 

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