Shore Birds 



22S. American Woodcock (PUiokBia minor). L. ii. 

 ^ds. Below ochraceous-rufous; no bars; forehead 

 slaty crown black with rusty bars; back mixed 

 black, rusty and slaty. Notes, A }^3.sa\ peent or paip; 

 a whistling of wings and a twittering whistle. 



Range. — Ea5t«rn North America; breetls locally irom Florida to 

 Labradrjr anJ Maiiltuba. bul chiefly northwartl; winters (rom soulhern 

 I^ew Jersey and southern Illinois to Gulf States. 



230. Wilson ^n\pe {GalUnagQ delicata) . L, 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 ai.d white. Notes. When tak- 

 ing flight several sudden, hoarse scti^i's; a tremulous, 

 penetrating bleating, thought to be produced by air 

 rushing through the birds wings; a Mk-knk-kuk. 

 (Brewster.) 



RaBg«.— North Amerleai breeds from nofthem New EngUtid (rare- 

 ly Contiectlcut), northern Illinois and northern California north to 

 Labrador. Hudson Bay, and Alaska; winters from Califtirnia, southern 

 Illinois, and South Carolina 10 northern South America. 



26 I . Bartfamian Sandpiper {Bariramia 2aiigi<;auda). 

 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. Yng. Similar, but more buffy. Noles. 



Call, a soft, bubbling whistle; song, a prolonged, 



mournful, mellow whistle, ^'cbr-r-r-r-r-fe-e-e-e-e-e-oo-oo'O- 

 00." 



Ranges.— North America chiefly interior: breeds locally from Kansas 

 and Virginia to AlaskH and Nova Scotia; winters south of United 

 States to South America. 



262. BufT-breasted Sandpiper {Tryngites suhruficol- 

 lis). .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. Yng. 

 Above blackish brown, finely and evenly margined 



with whitish; below much as m adult. 



Range. -"North America especially In the Interior; breeds In the 

 Yukon aistrlct and the Interior of British America north to the Arctic 

 coasi; 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. 

 Yn^. Similar, but tio black, rusty wash deeper. Win- 

 ter. Same as last but rusty paler. 



Range.— Westom United States; breeds from Kansas to North 

 Dakota; winters westward to California, soulh to Lower California 

 and Mexico; accidental In Florida. 



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