THE BIRD BOOK 
Spoonbill Sandpiper. 
Semipalmated Sandpiper. 
[245.] Spoonbill Sandpiper. 
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus. 
A very rare Asiatic species, which has been 
taken in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. A very pecu- 
liar bird having the end of the bill broadened 
and flattened into a sort of spatula. Otherwise 
very similar to the Least Sandpiper, but with 
the breast and sides of neck ruddy in summer. 
About 75 specimens of this rare bird are known 
to exist. 
246. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 
Ereunetes pusillus. 
Range. — Whole of North America, but chiefly 
in the eastern and central parts, breeding about 
the ponds and streams of Labrador and Hudson 
Bay, and northward. These little Sandpipers are 
abundant during the migrations either in marshes 
or on beaches. They are most often found in 
company with other species, such as the Spotted 
and Least Sandpipers. Their appearance is veri- 
similar to that of the Least Sandpipers, but they 
are slightly larger and the feet are partially 
webbed. Their eggs have a greenish buff or gray- 
ish ground color and are 
spotted with brownish or 
blackish, sometimes, so 
heavily as to completely 
obscure the shell color. 
Size 1.20 x .80. Data. — 
Small island near Okak, 
Labrador, July 3, 1895. 2 
eggs. Nest a hollow at the 
foot of a tuft of grass, 
lined with a few bits of grass and small leaves. 
Eggs unmistakable in this dark type. 
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