Shore Birds 



238. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper {Actodroma^ aaimitb 

 ata), L. 8.7- Tailfeathsrs poinisd. Ads. A white 

 line over eye; breast buff streaked with blackish, 

 Yn^. Crown as in ad., back black and rusty; below 

 white, breast huffy, no streaks. Winter. Back gray- 

 ish browii streaked with blackish; beluw as in yiig., 

 but breast grayer and with indistinct streaks. UoUs. 

 A soft metallic pUep-plnp. (Nelson.) 



Rang'e. — "Eastern Asia, and coast of Alaska, migrating south to 

 Java and Australia." <A. O. U.) 



239. Pectoral Sandpiper (^Adodromas mactdatd). 

 L. f). Ads. Middle tail-feathers longest, pointed, 

 blackish margined with rusty; above black and rusty; 

 below white, breast thickly streaked; upper tail-coverts 

 Hack. Yng. and in winter much the same. Notes. Call, 

 a grating whistle; song, a hollow, resonant, musical 

 /(7^-«, repeated ei^ht times, made after filling esopha- 

 gus with air until it is puffed out to size of the body. 

 (Nelson.) 



Range. — Noitti Amprlca; hrppds In Arclli^ regions: winters south of 

 United States tn South America; rare on Pacific coast. 



240. White-rumped Sandpiper {Adodrumus fusd- 

 coUis). L. 7.5. Longer upper tail-coverts TOfiii^. Ads. 

 Breast white, distinctly spotted or streaked. Yng. More 

 rufous above; breast less distinctly streaked. {Vinter. 

 Brownish gray above; similar to yng. below. 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds In the Interior north of 

 Hudson Bay; winters soutn at United States to southern Soutli Amer- 

 ica; rare on Pacific coast. 



241. Baird Sandpiper CAdodromas hairdit}. 

 L. 7.5. No rusty in plumage. Ads. Longest upper 

 tail-coverts blackish; breast buffy, faintlj) streaked. 

 Yng. Similar, but back conspicuously margined with 

 whitish. WintiT. Above "buffy grayish brown," no 

 -white margins. 



Range. — Interior of North America; breeds In the Arttic regions and 

 winters south of United Slates to southern South America. 



242. Least Sandpiper (^^iof^rOTK^smiKMW/a), L. 6. 

 Smallest of our Sandpipers. Ads, Above black, buff 

 and rufous; below white breast lightly streaked. Yng. 

 Similar, but breast less distinctly streaked. Winter. 

 Above brownish gray, often streaked with black, be- 

 low white, liotes. Peep-peep. 



Range.— Noith America;^ breeds from Sable Island and JVlagdalen^ 

 northward; winters from Gulf States and California south to Soutt 

 America. 



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