153 sxuaas. SANDI’II’ERS. u’re. 
     
    
   
   
    
     lea ehietly in the northeastern portion. breeding in the high north,“ south int 
     
     winter to the Great Lakes and Long Island. and easually to Florida. 
     
    

    
     Lon; Island. uueonnuon \\'. \‘., Nov. 1 to Melt. 1. t‘ambridge. easual, one: 
     
     instanee. (let. 
     
    

    
     [fin/s. three to tour. olive elay~eolor or brownish ;t>ll)‘. heavily inarkedl 
     
     with rutiutsdirown. 1'45 x 1‘05. 
     
    

    
     This bird might be called Winter Snipe or Roek Snipe. Indeed, ll 
     
     find the latter name has been applied to it from its habit of frequent— 
     
     ing rocky coasts, where it secures its food in the alga~ attached to rockss 
     
     exposed by the falling tide. 
     
    
   
   
    
     239. Tringa, maculata. Vie/H. I’rwronxt. Saxm-u'tzu; KRIEKEK. 
     
     All. in Nahum-.7L'pper parts blaek. the feathers all heavily bordered with 
     
     pale oehraeeous—luitl; ramp and upper tail—emerts Zrzrt'. lightly tipped with 
     
     oeh‘aeeous—bntl‘; middle tuil—t“atlte1‘s lone-est. pointed and margined with 
     
     burly; outer tail—t'aithers brownish gray, narrowly inargined with white; 
     
     throat white. neek and breast heavily streaked with blaek and lrufi'y: rest o-f 
     
     underpants white. ll'z’uter [1/11uuq/.-'.~Siniilar. but oehraeeous-butt'ot' upper 
     
     parts replaced by rut'ous. and breast heavily washed with bufl'y. I... 0.00; W ., 
     
     540; Tara. 110; 13.. 1‘15. 
     
    

    
     icmarks.—~'.l‘his bird somewhat resembles both 7:,7'usez'enH/N and Tbtu'rdz'ri, 
     
     but it difi’ers from them in its larger size. blaek instead of white or t'uscouis 
     
     upper tail—eoverts. and lonuein more pointed middle tail~t'eatliers. 
     
    

    
     lt’voq/mANortli Ameriea: breeds in the aretie regions and winters in the 
     
     West Indies and South Aim-riea. 
     
    

    
     Washington. eommon T. \'.. .-\pl.: .\u«_r. to Nov. Long Island. '1‘. V.. 
     
     rare in spring. eonnnou t'roin duly II) to Nov. I. Sing; Sing, rare T. \‘., Sept. 
     
     10 to (let. to. Cambridge. irregular and uneommon in Sept. and Net. 
     
    

    
     I'll/("‘3 four. drab. sometimes with a greenish tinge. blotelied with eleur 
     
     amber—brown markings. more. numerous at the larger end. 1‘50 x 1‘01) (Mur- 
     
     dot-hi. 
     
    

    
     The names Grass Snipe and Krieker deseribe with equal truth and 
     
     oouciseness the haunts and notes of this Snipe. It frequents wet. 
     
     gra _\' meadows rather than beaelies. and. although it flies in flocks, 
     
     the birds seatter while feeding and take wing: one or more at a time. 
     
     They thus remind one of \Vilsnn's Snipe. Their note is a squeaky. 
     
     grating: whistle. They will respond to an imitation of it. but do not, 
     
     deeoy so readilj as the larger Bay llit‘ds. Mr. I]. \V. Nelson writes* 
     
     that duringr the breeding season the male inflates its breast and throat 
     
     until they are double their normal size. and utters a deep. hollow. resu- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     nan! note. 
     
    
   
   
    
     240. Tringa fuscicollis l'ir/N. \\'uiTt-:»i:tx\i|>i:i> SAXM'H’HR. Ad. 
     
     1'11 .sr/mmu'. rrrrr I'pper parts blaek. edged with rut'ous: rump grayish I'useous, 
     
    
   
   
    
     tnai‘gined wrth ‘louger upper t:lll~eo\‘e1'ts u‘lu'fr. with sometimes brownish- 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     * Rep, ou Nat. Hist. (‘olls. made in Alaska. p. 108,