FAM. XXXIX. SNIPES, SANBPIPEBS, ETC. 241 



the name krieker is derived from its notes. (Krieker; Grass 

 Snipe.) 



Length, 9; wing, 5J (5-5|); tarsus, l^, culmen, IJ. America; breed- 

 ing ill the Arctic re- 

 gions, and wintering in 

 Snuth America. 



9. White - rumped 

 Sandpiper (240. 

 Tringa fuscicdllis). 

 — A short - billed, 

 dark - brownish - col- 

 ored, much mottled 

 sandpiper, with 

 white upper tail cov- 

 erts, throat, and mid- 

 dle of belly. The 

 above is the summer 

 plumage ; in winter, 

 brownish-gray. 



Pectoral Sandpiper 



the upper parts are slightly streaked. 



These birds are social, and frequent the sandy 



beaches and marshy shores of the coast, as well as the upland 



lakes of the interior. 



Length, 6}-8 ; wing, 4J ; tarsus, | ; culmen, nearly 1, Eastern America ; 

 breeding in the Arctic regions, and wintering in the West Indies, Central 

 and South America. 



10. Baird's Sandpiper (241. Tringa balrcUi). — This bird is 

 similar to the last, but has the upper tail coverts blackish in- 

 stead of white. In 

 winter it has a more 

 buffy breast and 

 lighter upper parts. 



Length, 7J ; wing, 4| 

 (4J-4J) ; tail, 21 ; tarsus, 

 J ; culmen, J. America ; 

 mainly in the interior of 

 North and the western 

 portion of South Amer- 

 ica ; breeding in the Arctic regions, and wintering in South America ; rare 

 on the Atlantic coast. 



apgar's birds. — 16 



White-rnmped Sandpiper 



