SNll‘l‘IS, SANIH’IPEHS, E'l‘t‘. 169

district and interior of British America; northward to the arctic coast; South America in winter; ot't'requent oeenrrenet- in Europe" (A, t). L'.).

Long Island, rare T. \'., Aug. and Sept.

[Li/ya. three to tour, hutl'y gray 1sh white, Varying to pale olive—hull. boldly spotted 1on;:itlnlixmlly rand somewhat spirally; with dark \‘andyke- or mad- der»hrown and purplish gray. 1'53 x 1-4); \llidgw.).

This is a rare species on the Atlantic coast. Dr. llateh writes of it as observed by him in Minnesota: " They are an extremely active species when on the wing. and essentially plorerinc in all respects. seeking sandy, barren p'airies, where they live upon grasshoppers, crickets, and insects gene‘ally, and ants and their eggs specially. I have found them rcpasting upon minute mollusks on the sandy shores of small and shallow ponds, where they were apparently little more suspicious than the Solitary Sandpipers are notably. The flight is in ‘ather compact form, dipping and rising alternately, and with a dis- position to return again to the neighborhood of their former feeding places.”

263. Actitis macularia. (Lin 11.). Sro’rrm) SANnvIrER. 4‘11]. immun— 77nrz'.vL'pper parts brownish gray with a faint greenish luster. the head and neck more or less streaked. and the hack barred or spotted with black: inner tail—tbathers like the hack. outer ones with hlaekish bars: under parts white, e\'ery\\'licre spotted with black. lm..—L‘pper parts brownish gray. with a greenish tinge. the hack faintly and wing-eowrts conspicuously barred with black and hut’t'y : under parts pure white. unspotted. but slightly washed with grayish on the hrt Winn/r [ii/nation.—.'\‘imilar. but back hrowncr and without bars. I... 7 all; \\'., 4‘20: Tait. '90: 13.. ‘95.

[fivm‘r/r-ngorth America north to Hudson Bay: hreeds throughout its range: winters southward to Brazil.

Washington. common T. \'.. not common S. 11. Apl. Tr to Sept. 30. Long Island, abundant S. lt’.. .-\pl. ‘25 to Oct. Sing Sing. common 8.1%.. Apl. 29 to Oct. ‘23. Cambridge. common S. R. Apl. 20'- to Sept.

[LY/(IR. t'our. cr 'amy hutl’ or white. thickly spotted and speckled with choco- late. chiefly at the larger end. 1'25 x '95.

Few Shore Birds are more generally known than this widely dis- tributed little Sandpiper. It frequents the margins of bodies of both fresh and salt vater. but is more common inland on the. shores of our rivers. ponds. and lakes. During the summer it is practically our only fresh-water Sandpiper. and is familiar to most of us under its common names. It runs rapidly along the beach. then pausing: bolus, l)(l\'S. and "teters" in a. most energetic. trimmer. \Vhon flushed it takes wing with a sharp 'uvwf-u'rel uwl-uwl. and after a few wing-strokes scales over the water to the heach beyond. lt apparently dislikes to go be— yond certain limits. and after several flights makes a wide circle and returns to the starting point.