THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER = 198 
black-barred, on the lateral tail coverts. Sides, 
axillars and linings of the wings white, regu- 
larly barred with black. Tail barred with black 
and white, the black predominant on the cen- 
tral, where crossbars are less pronounced, and 
the white most prominent on the outer feathers. 
Primaries and edge of wings blackish; rest of 
wing mainly like back. Bill nearly black; legs 
not so long proportionately as in the ‘‘yellow- 
legs,’’ in color dusky green. 
THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 
(Actitis macularia.) 
Common all over North America wherever 
there is water and about as well known a bird as 
we have on our lists is the Spotted Sandpiper. 
If in the early spring one should visit the rocky 
expanses of sea beach, some unfrequented spot 
on the shore of our islands, or the quiet glades 
where the brooks and the tide waters meet and 
mingle their currents, almost the first sound to 
greet one’s ears would be the sharp and pierc- 
ing ‘‘Peet-Weet!’’ of this tiny but loud-voiced 
little bird as with his mate he scurries away. 
‘With wings deeply down-curved he dashes in 
