SPOTTED SANDPIPER— (^c////^ Macularia.) 
Upper parts brownish gray with a faint greenish lustre ; the head and 
neck more or less streaked and the back barred or spotted with black 
under parts white, everywhere spotted with black; tail regularly barred 
with black and white; bill and feet flesh colored. 
Length about seven and one half inches. 
Arrival. May i to 20. 
Favorite Haunts. Beside rivers, lakes and ponds. 
Field Marks. Long slender wings, barred outer tail feathers, spotted 
breast. 
Xotc. "Peet-weet, pect-weet, peet-weet." 
The spotted sandpipers may be recognized by their peculiar motions. 
They run rapidly along the beach, then pausing, ' bob, bow, and "teter" 
in a most energetic manner. The sandpiper builds her nest in soft soil, 
in tufts of grass and sometimes in the cornfield, laying generally four 
eggs, each one of which is almost half as large as the bird herself. 
