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Genus TRYNGITES Capranis. 
TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS (1 %e7//.). 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 
Adult in breeding plumage: Entire upper parts mottled with black and tawny brown, 
the feathers being black in the center and broadly edged with tawny; under parts pale rufous 
mottled with whitish. 
Adult in winter plumage: Top of the head and nape pale tawny dotted with brown; 
feathers of the back blackish, narrowly edged with white; under parts pale buff, becoming 
whitish on the belly, faintly mottled with brownish on the sides of the 
breast. Juner webs of primaries speckled. 
Length, 8; Wing, 5.30; Tarsus, 1.25; Bill, .85. 
Not abundant on the Atlantic coast, usually ranging 
in the interior. It breeds from British America north- 
ward. It ranges in winter south to South America, 
being found on our coast during migrations. 
The eggs are described as from three to four; pale buff white, spotted 
and lined with dark brown and purplish brown. 
Genus ACTITIS Ituicer. 
ACTITIS MACULARIA (Zzuz.), 
Spotted Sandpiper. 
Adult in summer: Top of the head and back olive 
green, showing bronzy reflections when held in the 
light; some of the feathers on the back irregularly 
marked with brown; under parts white, marked with 
large spots of black. 
Adult in winter: Above olive, showing a bronzy 
luster when held in the light; feathers on the back 
faintly tipped with dusky; wing coverts narrowly 
banded with tawny; throat white ; breast, under parts, 
including belly and under tail coverts, white; mandi- 
ble and edge of the maxilla pale wax yellow (in life), 
rest of bill black. 
Length, 8; Wing, 4.20; Tarsus, 1; Bill, 1. 
Ranges from Hudson Bay to South America. It is a very well-known 
bird on our coast, being usually seen alone or in pairs. It is common on 
