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with black ; back black ; rump white ; bill black ; feet and legs 

 orange red. Length, 9 in. ; wing, 6 in. 



Hab. — Nearly cosmopolitan. In America from Greenland and 

 Alaska to Straits of Magellan ; more or less common in interior of 

 North America on the shores of Great Lakes and the larger rivers. 

 Breeds in high latitudes. 



104. Least Sandpiper. — Tringa minutUIa. 

 Peep. 



Upper parts black, edged and tipped with buff or rufous ; upper 

 throat white ; neck and breast white or buffy, streaked ; belly and 

 sides white ; bill, legs and feet black. Length, 6 in. ; wing, 3^^ in. 



Hab. — The whole of North and South America, breeding north of 

 the United States. Accidental in Europe. 



105. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Ereunetes fusillus. 

 Ox-eye ; peep. 



Upper parts black margined with brownish gray ; breast streaked 

 or spotted with black ; under parts white ; bill, feet, and legs black. 

 Length, 6X in. ; wing, 3^ in. 



Hab. — Eastern North America, breeding north of United States. 

 South in winter to South America and West Indies. 



106. Aleutian Sandpiper. — Tringa couesi. 



Head, neck, and back black ; wings gray brown ; white bar across 

 wing ; rump brownish black ; throat, neck, and under parts white 

 streaked with brownish black ; bill gray black ; feet and legs yellow. 



" In winter resembles purple sandpiper so closely that it is impossible to give 

 recognizable character to distinguish them apart." — Elliot. 



Hab. — Aleutian Islands and coast of Alaska, north to Kowak River, 

 west to Commander Islands, Kamchatka. Length, 7^-9 in. ; wing, 

 4>^-5 in- 



107. Curlew Sandpiper. — Tringa f err uginea. 



Upper parts brownish gray ; sides of head and throat white streaked 

 with gray. In summer back and scapulars are black margined with 

 rusty ; sides of head, neck, and breast rufous ; bill, legs, and feet green- 

 ish black. Length, 8"^ in. ; wing, 5 in. 



//a*.— The Old World in general; occasional in Eastern North 

 America and Alaska. 



