162 SNII’ES, SANDI‘II’ERS, ETC. 
     
    
   
   
    
     streaked, tinted with butl'y. Il'iutm planing/v.7l’pper parts brownish gray, 
     
     with darker shalt streaks; upper tail—em‘erts darker; under parts white, some— 
     
     times with faint streaks on the breast. .11.. 6'30; W ' ; 'l‘ar.. '75; 13.. '65—'60. 
     
    

    
     ,lt't'llll‘ll'd‘Sx—Tlic small size ot'tlns and the next species prevents their be— 
     
     ing eont'usetl with any other e.\'et-pt Trim/u qu/téi/z’zt. t'roiu whiclt they may 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     always be known by their partially webbed tot-s. 
     
     [Bung/e. liastern North America: breeds in the arctic regions. and winters 
     
     from the Gulf States southward through lirazil. 
     
    

    
     Washington. rare T. \'.. May: Aug. to Oct. Long Island. abundant T. V., 
     
     May; July through Sept. Sin;r Sing. common '1‘. V. in fall, Aug. 14 to Oct. 
     
     :50. Cambridge. \‘ery common in Ana. and Sept. 
     
    

    
     Jig/(Ix. three to tour. pale. dull grayish btul'. sprinkled. speckled, or spotted 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     with dark brown and purplish g y, 1'21 x 'm‘; titidngp 
     
    
   
   
    
     The thought of these little Sandpipers always creates a mental pic- 
     
     ture of a long stretch of dazzling.r beach with its ever-changing surf- 
     
     line. I hear the oft-repeated booming of the rolling. tumbling break- 
     
     ers. and in the distance see a group of tiny forms hurrying to and fro 
     
     over the sand smoothed by the frothy waves. \Vith what nimble g ‘ace- 
     
     fulncss they follow the receding waves. searching for treasures east up 
     
     by the sea! What contentment and good—fellowship are expressed by 
     
     their cheery. conversational twitteringsl Up and down the beach they 
     
     run. now advancing. now retreating. sometimes. in their eagerness, ven- 
     
     turing too far. when the waters threaten to ingult’ them. and in momen« 
     
     tary contusion they take wing and hover back to a place of safety. 
     
     Suddenly. as though at a signal. they are off; a eompaet flock moving 
     
     as one bird. twisting and turning to right and left. now gleaming white 
     
     as the sun strikes their snowy bodies. now dark again like a wisp of 
     
     Sunless cloud flying before the wind. 
     
    
   
   
    
     247. Ereunetes occidentalis anrr. “rs-rim): SmiwAmtarEn 
     
     S.\Xii1-ti>tat:.l'l‘liis bird closely resembles the preceding. from which. in sim- 
     
     mer plllltltlL’D, it diti'ers in having the upper parts t-onspieuously margined 
     
     with rnt'ous and the br *ast more heavily str ~aked. In tall and winter pl‘nn- 
     
     aue the ditl'erenees in coloration are not so apparent. but the birds are to be 
     
     distinguished at any season by the size of the bill. which in the western spe— 
     
     és longer. W.. 3N0: Tan. 9": 1’... «371-20. 
     
    

    
     lti/lll”t’.#“vc.\‘tel'n North Amerie: ; breeds in the aretie regions. and Win— 
     
     ters from the Gulf States to South Ameriea: ownsional on the Atlantie mast. 
     
    

    
     Lon}; Island.nneommon T. V,. oeenrritm with 12'. [Hm/Hus. 
     
    

    
     [Li/gs. three to four. deep cinnamon liuti'y. sprinkled. speckled, or thitkly 
     
     spotted with bright rusty brown or ehestnut. the general aspeet decidedly 
     
     rusty. 1'24 x '97 tl'tidng). 
     
    
   
   
    
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     'l‘his western representative of the preeeding spoeies is sometimes 
     
     found on our roasts assoeiated with its eastern relative. In Florida, 
     
     particularly on the Gulf coast, it occurs in numbers during the winter.