Brown mottled; chin, abdomen white; tail barred brown, white; arched bill 3in.; f., sim. Crabs, shellfish, worms.
1 1
=95 Little Whimbrel=, _Mesoscolopax minutus_, E. Sib., Mongolia, Japan to A.
[~95 _Numenius minutus._]
Mig. v.r. _swamps_ 12
Upper blackish-brown much marked and spotted buff; under, line past eye buff; arched bill 1.7in. Insects, worms.
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=96 Barred-rumped Godwit= (Pacific), Kuaka, _Limosa, novae-zealandiae_ (_lapponica_, Am.O.U.), Alaska, California; E. Sib. to A., T., N.Z., Oceania =vt. Eur. Barred-tailed Godwit.
[~96 _Limosa baueri._]
Mig. c. _shores_ 15
Upper brownish-gray marked whitish; rump, tail barred brown, white; abdomen white; legs brownish-black; broad, indistinct whitish eyebrow; bill long, slightly upturned; f., larger.
Shellfish, worms, sand-hoppers.
=97 Black-tailed Godwit=, _L. limosa_, Br. Eur., N. Afr., India, E. Sib., Japan to A., Greenland (acc.), may be a distinct species than called _L. melanuroides_.
[~97 _Limosa melanuroides._]
Mig. v.r. _shallow lakes_ 16
Upper grayish-brown; wing white band flying; lower-back blackish-brown; upper base tail white; tail black, white at side at base; neck, breast, flanks grayish-brown; abdomen white; bill long, slightly upturned; f., larger. Insects, pond snails, worms.
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=98 Common Sandpiper=, Summer Snipe, _Tringoides hypoleucus_, Eur. (Br.), N. Asia, Afr., Ind., to A. (acc.).
[~98 _Tringa hypoleuca._]
Mig. u. _shores_, _lakes_ 8
Upper pale-brown marked darker; wing-quills slightly tipped white; centre tail feathers glossy-brown, side feathers white barred brown; under white; chest marked pale-brown; indistinct pale eyebrow; tail constantly jerked; f., sim. Water-insects, shellfish.
1 1
=99 Greenshank=, _Glottis nebularius_, Br., Eastern hemisphere, Florida (acc.).
[~99 _Tringa nebularia._]
Mig. r. _shores_, _lakes_ 14
Face, under, tail white; sides of breast streaked brown; edge of tail barred freckled brown; crown, hind-neck gray; wings dark-brown; upper light-brown; legs deep olive-green; f., sim.
Shellfish, worms.
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=100 Sanderling=, _Calidris arenaria_ (_leucophoea_, Am.O.U.), cos. exc. Pacific Is.
[~100 _Arenaria leucophaea._]
Mig. v.r. _sandy shores_, _swamps_ 7.5
Crown, back gray; white band on wing; sides, lower-back white; eyebrow, forehead, face, under white; no hind toe; brighter in far north; f., sim. Sand-hoppers, insects. "Wick."
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=101 Eastern Little Stint= (Little), Red-necked Sandpiper, Land-snipe, Little Dunlin, _Pisobia ruficollis_, E. Sib., Jap., China to A., T., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Little Stint.
[~101 _Erolia ruficollis._]
Mig. flocks c. _shores_ 6.2
Upper ashy-brown mottled darker; wing-quills blackish-brown; centre tail feathers blackish-brown; rest whitish; forehead, under white; faint chestnut band on chest; bill, legs black; brighter in far north; f., sim. Insects, shellfish.
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=102* Sharp-tailed Sandpiper= (Siberian-, Asiatic-Pectoral), Sharp-tailed Stint, Marsh Sandpiper, Marsh Tringa, _Heteropygia aurita_, (_P. aurita_, Am.O.U.), Alaska, E. Sib., Japan, Ind, to A., T., N.Z.
[~102 _Erolia aurita._]
Mig. r. _coast_ 8.5
Upper dark-brown marked gray; crown faint rufous; wing-quills dark-brown; face, under whitish, breast brownish; f., smaller.
Small water-animals.
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=103 Curlew-Sandpiper=, Pygmy Curlew, Curlew-Stint, _Ancylochilus subarquatus_ (_Erolia ferruginea_, Am.O.U.), A., T., N.Z., almost cos. exc. Pac. Is.
[~103 _Erolia ferruginea._]
Mig. flocks r. _shore_ 8.5
Upper grayish-brown; eyebrow, rump, under white, chest tinged brown; bill 1.5 in., black, arched; brighter in far north; f., sim. Insects, worms.
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=104 Knot=, Knot-Snipe, _Tringa canutus_, almost cos., A., T., N.Z.
[~104 _Canutus canutus._]
Mig. r. _tidal mud flats_ 9