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SOLITARY SANDPIPER 



The Solitary Sandpiper is eight inches and a half long, and 

 fifteen inches in extent ; the bill is one inch and a quarter in 

 length, and dusky; nostrils pervious, bill fluted above and below; 

 line over the eye, chin, belly and vent pure white; breast white, 

 spotted with pale olive brown; crown and neck above dark olive, 

 streaked with white ; back, scapulars and rump dark brown olive, 

 each feather marked along the edges with small round spots of 

 white; wings plain, and of a darker tint; under tail covert spot- 

 ted with black; tail slightly rounded, the five exterior feathers on 

 each side white, broadly barred with black; the two middle ones, 

 as well as their coverts plain olive; legs long, slender, and of a 

 dusky green. Male and female alike in color. 



