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SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 
240. Tringa fuscicollis Vieill. Bonaparte Sandpiper : White- 
rumped Sandpiper. 
Rump dusky, the feathers tipped with huffy ; upper tail coverts pure 
white or slightly streaked with dusky. Adults in summer: upper parts 
huffy and gray, broadly streaked on crown and 
back with black; chest and sides ashy gray, 
streaked with dusky ; faint line over eye, chin, 
and belly white. Adults in winter: upper parts, 
sides, and chest dark gray, obscurely streaked 
with dusky. Young : similar to adults, but feathers of upper parts exten¬ 
sively margined with rusty, and chest tinged with buffy. Length : 6.75- 
8.00, wing 4.90-5.00, bill .90-1.00, tarsus .95-1.00. 
Distribution. — Breeding in the far north and migrating south over 
eastern North America and South America to Falkland Islands ; west to 
Colorado. Casual in Europe. 
241. Tringa bairdii ( Coues ). Baird Sandpiper. 
Middle upper tail coverts plain dusky. Adults in summer : upper parts 
spotted and streaked with black, grayish, and buffy ; chest buffy, streaked 
with dusky; line over eye, chin, and belly whitish. 
Adults in winter: plain grayish brown, obscurely 
streaked with dusky ; under parts whitish, chest 
Fig. 108. suffused with buffy. Young: feathers of back 
tipped with whitish, and chest less sharply streaked 
with dusky than in summer adult. Length: 7.00-7.60, wing 4.60-4.85, bill 
.90-1.00, tarsus 1.00. 
Distribution. — Most of North and South America. In North America, 
chiefly the interior, breeding in Alaska and on the Barren Grounds. Rare 
on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. 
Nest. — A depression in the ground, lined with leaves. Eggs: 4, light 
drab, specked and spotted with brown. 
During migrations Baird sandpipers are common usually in small 
flocks along the shores of lakes and ponds over the western prairie 
country. 
242. Tringa minutilla Vieill. Least Sandpiper. 
Size very small, wing less than 4. Adults in summer: median parts of 
tail, upper coverts, and rump black; sides of coverts white, streaked 
with dusky ; rest of upper parts mainly blackish, 
specked and spotted with brown and buff ; chest 
buffy gray, specked with dusky ; belly and flanks 
white. Adults in winter: upper parts dark gray, 
obscurely spotted and streaked with dusky ; chest 
light gray, finely streaked. Young : crown and back heavily streaked with 
rusty, and back spotted with white ; chest buffy gray, faintly streaked. 
Length: 5.00-6.75, wing 3.50-3.75, bill .75-.92, tarsus .75. 
Distribution. — The whole of North and South America, wintering from 
the Gulf of Mexico south, breeding mainly north of the United States. 
Accidental in Europe. 
Nest. — On the ground, a slight depression lined with leaves and grass. 
Eggs : 3 or 4, creamy buff to drab, irregularly spotted with brown. 
The least sandpipers are common, especially during migrations, 
over a great part of the United States. A few remain in Dakota 
Fig. 109. 
Fig. 107. 
