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BAIRD'S SANDPIPER 



No. 239 



Baird's Sandpiper 



A. 0. U. No. 241. Pisobia bairdi (Coues). 



Description. — Adult in summer: Upperparts fuscous, with considerable edging 

 of buffy and light brownish gray, — the buff mostly in lateral striping on top of head 

 and hind-neck, where predominant, and as terminal edging on back, etc.; some whitish 

 edging on coverts, secondaries and inner quills, but no strong shades or contrasts 

 anywhere; upper tail-coverts and tail dark fuscous, the former tipped with buff, and the 

 latter edged with whitish, the outer feathers becoming much lighter; forehead and 

 supraloral streaks pale buffy or whitish; throat white; the sides of the head, neck and 

 breast with a heavy buffy suffusion, lightly and finely spotted and streaked with 

 brownish dusky; remaining underparts white. Bill and legs black. In winter the 

 shades of the upperparts are a little more blended. Immature: Similar to adult, 

 but buffy suffusion of head, neck and breast more pronounced; the feathers of back 



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