SHORE BIRDS 
256a. Western Solitary Sandpiper. Helo- 
dromas solitarius cinnamomeus . 
Range. — North America, west of the Plains; 
breeds in British Columbia and probably south 
of there, also. 
This bird is like the last, except that the spots 
on the back are buffy instead of white. Its nest 
and eggs will not differ in any respect from those 
of the eastern form. 
[257-] Green Sandpiper. Helodromas acro- 
phus. 
This species, which very closely resembles our 
Solitary Sandpiper, is common in the northern 
parts of the Old World. It has only accidentally 
strayed to our shores. 
258. Willet. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 
semipalmatus. 
Range. — Eastern United States, breeding north 
to the Middle States and occasionally straying to 
Buffi. 
Western Sandpiper 
Willet. 
the Canadian border, especially in the Mississippi Valley. 
These large waders are among the most abundant of the marsh or beach 
birds. They breed in small companies in marshes, frequently in those which 
are covered with water at high tide, building a frail nest of grasses and weeds, 
where it will be barely out of reach of the highest water. The three or four 
eggs have a brownish, or sometimes greenish, buff ground color and are blotch- 
ed with umber, and have fainter markings of lilac. Size 2.00 x 1.50. Data. — 
Sandy Bank, South Carolina, May 3, 1901. Nest on the ground, secreted in the 
high grass. Made of dead marsh grass, lined with finer grasses. 
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