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Robin (continued) 



Call no. 



Nu Ro84 Adult on Log, Side View. (May 14, 1914) Allen 



This pose is very characteristic. 



Nu Ro9 Adult at Drinking Trough. (June 1914) Bailey 



Water is quite as essential Jtor robins as food. They need 

 water in the hot days of July and August. 



Nu Ro95 Normal and Albino Birds. Mounted specimens, New 

 York State Museum. (1919) 



For map showing winter and summer range of this bird, see 

 Nu ZM54, p. 166. 



Sanderling (Calidris leucophcea) 



Called also surf snipe. A widely ranging shore bird, the 

 whitest of our sandpipers, common along the coast of New York 

 and along the Great Lakes, especially during the fall migration. 



7-8.75 



Nu Sal Adult Standing on Sandy Beach. Cayuga lake. (September 

 10,1911) Allen 



This bird is in fall plumage. 



Nu Sa8 Adult Standing Asleep with Head under Its Wing. Shore 

 of Cayuga lake. (September 10, 1916) Allen 



Sandpiper, Least {Pisobia niinutilla) 



The smallest of the sandpipers, a common migrant along the 

 coast and inland waters of New York. 5-6.75 



Nu SL Adult at Water's Edge. Chautauqua. (August 1911) Allen 



When resting, birds often draw up one leg beneath the breast 

 feathers. 



Nu SL8 Flock Flying over the Water. Chautauqua. (August 1911) 



Allen 



This picture shows the characteristic close flock and swallow- 

 like appearance of the birds in flight. 



