* 228. American Woodcock (Philohela minor). L. 11. 
Ads. Below ochraceous-rufous; o bars; forehead 
slaty. crown black with rusty bars: back mixed 
black, rusty and slaty. Nofes. A nasal peent or pazp; 
a whistling of wings and a twittering whistle. 
Range.—Eastern North America; breeds locally from Florida to 
Labrador and Manitoba, but chiefly northward; winters from southern 
New Jersey and southern Illinois to Gulf States. 
4 230. Wilson Snipe (Gallinago delicata). LL. 11.2. 
Ads. Throat and belly white or whitish; breast rusty 
buff indistinctly streaked; sides barred; above streaked 
black and cream-buff; tail black and rusty; outer 
feathers barred black and white. Notes. When tak- 
ing flight several sudden, hoarse scapes; a tremulous, 
penetrating bleating, thought to be produced by air 
rushing through the birds wings; a kak-kik-kak. 
(Brewster. ) 
Range.—North America; breeds from northern New England (rare- 
ly Connecticut), northern Illinois and northern California north to 
Labrador, Hudson Bay, and Alaska: winters from California, southern 
Illinois, and South Carclina to northern South America. 
4 261. Bartramian Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda). 
L. 11.5. Outer primary barred black and white. 
Ads. Above black, ochraceous, and brownish gray: 
breast and sides with dusky arrowheads; throat and 
belly whitish. Yxg. Similar, but more buffy. Notes. 
Call, a soft, bubbling whistle: song, a prolonged, 
mournful, mellow whistle, ‘‘chr-r-r-r-1-ee-e+e-e-e-e-00-00-0- 
600” 
Range.—North America chiefly interior; breeds locally from Kansas 
and Virginia to Alaska and Nova Scotia; winters south of United 
States to South America. 
262. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Trvyugites subruficol- 
dis), L. 8.5. Inner border of inner web of primaries 
beautifully speckled with black and white. Ads. 
Above black widely margined with grayish brown; 
below ochraceous-buff; a few black spots. Yung. 
Above blackish brown, finely and evenly margined 
with whitish; below much as in adult. 
Range. -‘‘North America especially in the interior; breeds in the 
Yukon district and the interior of British America north to the Arctic . 
coast; south in winter as far as Uruguay and Peru."’ (A. O. U.) 
281. Mountain Plover (Podasocys montana). L. 9. 
No black on breast. Ads. Lores and crown-band 
black; above grayish brown washed with pale rusty.: 
Yng. Similar, but no black, rusty wash deeper. Win- 
ter. Same as last but rusty paler. 
Range.—Western United States; breeds from Kansas to North 
Dakota; winters westward to California, south to Lower California 
and Mexico; accidental in Florida. 
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Shore Birds. 
