SANDPIPERS 



(243) Pisobia minutilla 



(Vieill.) {Lat., very small). 



LEAST SANDPIPER ; PEEP. 

 Feathers of upper parts edged with 

 bright rusty; breast distinctly streak- 

 ed with dusky. L., 6.00; W., 3.50; 

 Tar., .70; B.,'.7S. 



Range — Breeds from N. S. and 

 Keewatin northward. Winters from 

 southern U. S. southward. 

 (246) Ereunetes pusillus 



(Linn.) (Gr., a searcher; Lat., small). 



SEMIPALMATED SAND- 

 PIPER; PEEP. Shghtly graj-er 

 than the last; breast indistinctly 

 streaked. Feet with partial webs. 



Range — Same as preceding. 



(247) £. mauri Cabanis 

 WESTERN SANDPIPER. Bill 

 averaging a trifle longer; Chiefly west 

 of the Rockies. 



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that of the Pectoral and Least Sandpipers. The former is 

 the more abundant during migrations on the Atlantic coast, 

 while the latter is much more common in the interior. 



Their habits are not different in any way from the more 

 common smaller sandpipers with which they are often 

 associated. The difference in size is quite evident when 

 they are seen together. 



"Peeps," by which name both LEAST and SEMIPAL- 

 MATED SANDPIPERS are most often called, are by far 

 the most abundant as well as the smallest species of sand- 

 pipers that we have. Although of different genera, they 

 may well be considered together, for their habits are the 

 same, and in life they are usually associated during nesting, 

 migrations, and in their winter quarters. 



As we usually see them, the upper parts of the Little Stint 

 are quite rusty, while the back of the Semipalmated species 

 is inclined to grayish. The breast of the former is distinctly 

 streaked, while that of the latter is very indistinctly so. 



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