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KEY AND DESCEIPTION 



25. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (262. Tryngltes subruficdllis). — 

 A small, short-billed, biiff-colored, field-and-grassy-plain-living, 



plover - like sand- 

 piper, with the back 

 and wings a mottled 

 brownish-buff, dark- 

 est on the wings. 

 A peculiar black 

 speckling on the in- 

 ner webs of all the 

 primaries is the dis- 

 tinguishing mark of 

 this small species. 

 It is rare east, com- 

 mon west. 



Buff-breasted Sandpipei 



Length, 7-9 ; wing, 5J- (5-5|) ; tail, 2^ ; tarsus, 1 J ; culmen, f. North 

 America, especially in the interior ; breeding in the Arctic regions, and 

 wintering in South America. 



26. Spotted Sandpiper (263. ActUis maculd,ria). — A common, 

 small, brownish-gray-backed sandpiper, with the white under 

 parts everywhere spotted with black. This is an inhabitant of 

 the margins of all rivers, ponds, and lakes, as well as of the 

 ocean. In stimmer, 

 it is about our only 

 fresh-water s a n d - 



piper. It is a rapid «- * , , >-, - 



runner and a good ^^'-JlC^.j 



"teeterer." Its sharp 



notes peet-weet are ■ ^-~~ , i^f^jS^ •'•? 



given when flushed. 



It usually returns to 



its starting point, at Spotted Sandpiper 



least after several flushings. (Tilt-up ; Teeter Snipe ; Peet-weet.) 



Length, 7-8 ; wing, 4^ (^-4^) ; tarsus, 1 ; culmen, 1. America, from 

 Alaska to southern Brazil ; breeding throughout temperate North America, 

 and wintering in the West Indies to South America. 



