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and white; rump blackish; tail feathers dusky, 
growing grayer toward the outer feathers; 
wing quills dusky; a blackish line from the bill 
to the eye, and above this a white line. Below, 
mainly white. Dusky specklings on a pale red- 
dish brown ground on lower throat, breast and 
neck. Upper throat white. Feet dull greenish. 
Iris brown. Length about five and one-half 
inches; extent nearly eleven inches. 
The Semipalmated Sandpiper is much like 
the foregoing in color, and the two are often 
found together. This bird is a very little larger 
—perhaps half an inch longer—and somewhat 
grayer in coloring, but in any case may be 
known by the partial webbing of the toes. This 
species also nests northward to the Arctic 
shores, 
The White-rumped Piper is almost large 
enough to be worth shooting. It is from seven 
to eight inches long, with a wing spread of fif- 
teen inches. This is the sandpiper most com- 
monly found in the marshes during September 
and October, here associating with the ‘‘grass- 
birds.’’ It is also a common species inland, 
and everywhere one of the most unsuspicious 
of the shorebirds, paying no more heed to an in- 
