238. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (4ctodromas acumin- 
ata). L.8.7. Tail feathers pointed. Ads. A white 
line over eye; breast buff streaked with blackish. 
Yng. Crown asin ad., back black and rusty; below 
white, breast buffy, no streaks. Winter. Back gray- 
ish brown streaked with blackish; below as in yng., 
but breast grayer and with indistinct streaks. Notes. 
A soft metallic pleep-pleep. (Nelson.) 
Range.—'‘Eastern Asia, and coast of Alaska, migrating south to 
Java and Australia."’ (A. O. U.) 
239. Pectoral Sandpiper (Actodromas maculata). 
L. 9. Ads. Middle tail-feathers longest, pointed, 
blackish margined with rusty; above black and rusty; 
below white, breast thickly streaked; upper tail-coverts 
black. Yung. and in winter muchthesame. Notes. Call, 
a grating whistle; song, a hollow, resonant, musical 
tod-%, repeated eight times, made after filling zsopha- 
us with air until it is puffed out to size of the body. 
(Nelson) 
Range.—North America; breeds in Arctic regions; winters south of 
United States to South America; rare on Pacific coast. 
240. White-rumped Sandpiper (Actodromas fusct- 
collis), L. 7.5. Longer upper tail-coverts white. “Ads. 
Breast white, distinctly spotted or streaked. Yung. More 
rufous above; breast less distinctly streaked. Winter. 
Brownish gray above; similar to yng. below. 
Range.—Eastern North America; breeds in the interior north of 
Hudson Bay; winters south of United States to southern South Amer- 
ica; rare on Pacific coast. 
241. Baird Sandpiper (4ctodromas batrdit), 
L. 7.5. Norustyin plumage. Ads. Longest upper 
tail-coverts blackish; breast buffy, jfarntly streaked. 
Yng. Similar, but back conspicuously margined with 
whitish. Winter. Above ‘‘buffy grayish brown,” no 
white margins. 
Range.—Interior of North America; breedsin the Arctic regions and 
winters south of United States to southern South America. 
W242, Least Sandpiper (Actodromas minutilla). L. 6. 
Smallest of our Sandpipers. Ads. Above black, buff 
and rufous; below white breast lightly streaked. Yung. 
Similar, but breast less distinctly streaked. Winter. 
Above brownish gray, often streaked with black, be- 
low white. Notes. Peep-peep. 
Range.—North America; breeds from Sable Island and Magdalens 
northward; winters from Gulf States and California south to South 
America. 
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Shore Birds. 
