^ BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 
262 - Tryngites subruficollis. 8 inches. 
AHove, brownish black; each feather edged with buff; under- 
parts bull, as are also the neck and head; blackish spots on 
the sides extending up the back of the neck and top of the 
head; primaries black. 
«r5r?'~i Pla a e<1 -}? tllftS ° f graSS ° r in °P en fi elds; ne st 
scantily lined with grass, m which three or four eggs, having 
* h ZT? W f * r r i,d C0l0r ’ s P° tted with rich brown and 
cnestnut, are placed. 
Range. Interior of North America, breeding from the Hud- 
on 1 ' th p'pS** 11 t0 ^ Al ‘ ctlC coast - During migration, casual 
the Pacific coast, and abundant in the interior, to South 
a in one a,. 
SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 
263. Actitis macularia. 8 inches, 
is one of the most abundant of all the shore birds 
covering the whole United States. Its note, “peet-weet ” is 
habi a f m of a n r T nd n t0 GVery bird observer - Tt has a peculiar 
halnt of continually moving its tail up and down when at rest 
w on lunmng along the shore, which has given it the 
This 
name of “Teeter-tail” or “Tip-up. 
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