SN 1 ms, SANDI’IPICRS, are. 103

248. Calidris arenaria. (l.[//n.). Swmzmaxn; Si'ur Spurn. Ad. in KllI/llllt’l'.—Fctltllcl'fi ot' the upper parts with generally blaek centers, bor— dered and sometimes barred with pale rufous and tipped with asliy white; wings t'useous. the basal half of the outer web of the inner primaries u’lu’te; \\'iln:—eo\‘erts grayish t'useous. the greater one broadly tipped with white; tail brownish gray. narrowly margined with white: throat and upper breast washed with [mic I'M/bun and spotted with blackish ; rest of the under parts [nu-u white. 1:». in filll.——Similar, but upper parts without rut'ous. glossy blaek, the feathers sometimes bordered with white. but generally with two white spots at their tips separated by the blaek of the central part of the feather; nape grayish white. lightly streaked with blackish; under parts plll’e white, with oeeasionally a few spots on the breast. ”inter plumage.— Upper parts pale brownish gray, wings as in the preceding; under partspure white. I... 5-00; \V.. free; '1‘ur.,1-oo; 13.,1-00.

[Rwanda—The Sanderling is the only one of our Snipes or Sandpipem haying Hum- toes, and it may always be known by this eharaeter in combi- nation with its booted or transversely sealed tarsi.

13amyc.—~"Nearly eosmopolitan. breeding in areti“ and subarctic regions; migrating. in America. south to Chili and Patagonia 1' tA. 1.). LI).

Washington. easual Ti \'.. two reeords. Long Island, eommon ’1‘.\'.. Meh. 15 through May; Aug. 1 through Sept. Sing Sing7 tolerably eommon T. V., to June 5: Sept. 9 to (let. 5. Cambridge. ‘asual. one instance. Sept.

[ff/(m. three to tour. light oli\'e~brown, finely spotted or speekled with darker. the markings larger and more blended on the larger end. 1'41 x ‘01 (Ridgw. l.

This is a true beach bird. and is usually found on shores washed by the sea. It frequently associates with the, Seniipalmated Sandpiper or Oxeye. whieh it resembles in habits, but its larger size and lighter colors distinguish it from that species.

249. Limosa, fedoa, r’l/mm. Minmrn Gopwrr: Bnowx MARLIN. Alfirl'pper parts blaek. the h ‘fld and neck streaked with buti'y, the baek barred or the feathers spotted on the sides and sometimes tipped with bufl‘y or Oehraceoussbutl‘: inner web of the outer primaries and both webs of the inner ones m'III-m-rous-bzrfl' or pale bufi‘y. speckled with black: tail oehraeenns- buti‘ barred with black : throat white. rest of the under parts pale, linfi‘y. spotted or barred with blaek; bill eurved slightly upward. yellowish at the base, blaek at the end. Inn—Similar. but the under parts with few or nobars except on the flanks and undertail—eo\'erts. 1...1s-nn; \V... '75: Tar..‘3'75; 11.4410.

”mum—North Ameriea. breedin;P chiefly in the interior. from western Minnesota. and rarely lowa and Nebraska. northward. and migrating south- ward to ("entral Ameriea and ('nba: rare on the Atlantic coast.

long Island. rare ’1‘. V., Ana. and Sept.

Iii/5M. three to four. elay—eolor or brownish usliy. blotehed. spotted. and scrawled with grayish brown. 2'15 x 1-110.

Colonel floss writes that. this species “inhabits the salt- and fresh- water shores. marshes, and moist ground upon the prairies. It feeds