160 SNl l’lflS, SANDI’I l’lCliS. I‘l'l‘t‘.

“ In habits they are similar to the \Vhite-rumped (which they so closely resemble). but are more inelined to wander from the water‘s edge. I have flashed the birds on high prairie lands, at least a mile from the water” (Goss).

242. Tringa, minutilla, 17‘ ill. 1.1-: PEEP. A41. in sum/m1: slipper parts blaek or t'useous. edged and tipped with butt'y or rul'ous; rump and middle upper tail—eoverts plain blaek or t'us« cous; central tail»feathers blael; or Iuseous. outer ones ashy gray; upper throat white; neek and breast white or hutl‘y, streaked with t'useous; belly and sides white. IIlI.-r-—Sllllll:ll‘. but feathers of the baek with I’Ult/u/u/ rut'uus or butly tips; breast not distinetly streaked. ll'{nfer/i!rnmq/tx-lfpper parts brown-

\s'r SANIII’H'l-Ilt: M meow (lxm'ri;

isli gray. sometimes with mere or less blaek in the eenters ot' the feathers; breast white or ashy. not distinctly streaked. L.7 G-ee; \\'., 3'50; Tan, ‘71}; l}.. '77:.

FIG. 62,—LeaSt Sandpiper. lt'cl/t(l/‘A1\‘.iyl.lllS is the smallest of natural size.)

our Sandpiper-s, and ean be eontused only with Ermuzntex [twill/m. from whieh, however. it may always be distin- guished by the absenee of Webs between the bases ot'the toes.

I)’(llt§/t'.-N01'tll Ameriea. breeding in the aretie regions and wintering from the Gulf States to South Anu-riea.

\Vasliinutotl, uneonnnon ’l‘. \'.. May; Aug. tn ()et. Long Island. abun— dant 'l‘. \'., Apl. 2.3 through May; July through Sept. Sin;r Sing. telerably eonnnon T. \'., May 'J to May 22: ()et. 3. Cambridge. \‘el‘_\' eonnnon T. .V., May :5 to May 3 ; .luly EU to Aug. :11.

[ff/gm, three to four. pale. err:1_ sh butly. varying to pale brownish. thickly spi’itted. speekled. or sprinkled with deep eliestnut and dull. purplish gray, 1‘13 x ‘83 tl’lidgwm

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This. the smallest of our Sandpipers. is frequently associated with its larger eousin the Semipalmaled Sandpiper on the shores and beaches, but it also visits the grassy meadows. and for this reason is known by baymen as the “ Meadow ()xeye.”

243a. Tringa. alpina. paciflca. (Cows i. {ED-PLH‘KIII) SANDPIPl-Il't; LEAUHAUK. All. [It .wmnur.-l'pper parts broadly margined with rufbus. the centers of the feathers blaek. wings brownish gray: breast whitish‘ lightly streaked with blaeltish; middle of the belly with a [my/e film-1‘ /)tlt"/I. lower belly white. lI/Imwlipltt’l' parts blaekisb. the feathers with rounded tips of rut'ous or bufi'y: breast washed with bully and indistinetly streaked with blaekish; belly spotted with blaek. Il'z‘nh 1- [I/HI/ltlj/e.*lhtltk'l‘ parts brewn— ish gray; middle upper tail~enverts t'useous: “'inervem'erts brownish :m)’ margined with butt‘y; throat white: breast ashy, indistinctly streaked; belly