[Illustration: 248.]
=248. Sanderling= (_Calidris arenaria_). L. 8. Three toes, tarsus scaled. _Ads._ Above rusty, black and grayish; below white, breast spotted with black and _washed with rusty_. _Yng._ Nape grayish, back _black_, feathers with _two_ white or yellowish white terminal spots; below silky white. _Winter._ Above brownish gray with dusky shaft streaks; below silky white.
Range.--"Nearly cosmopolitan, breeding in Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions, migrating, in America, south to Chili and Patagonia."
(A.O.U.)
[Illustration: 238.]
=238. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper= (_Actodromas acuminata_). L. 8.7. _Tail feathers pointed._ _Ads._ A white line over eye; breast buff streaked with blackish. _Yng._ Crown as in ad., back black and rusty; below white, breast buffy, no streaks. _Winter._ Back grayish brown streaked with blackish; below as in yng., but breast grayer and with indistinct streaks. _Notes._ A soft metallic _pleep-pleep_. (Nelson.)
Range.--"Eastern Asia, and coast of Alaska, migrating south to Java and Australia." (A.O.U.)
[Illustration: 239.]
=239. Pectoral Sandpiper= (_Actodromas maculata_). L. 9. _Ads._ Middle tail-feathers longest, pointed, blackish margined with rusty; above black and rusty; below white, breast thickly streaked; upper tail-coverts _black_. _Yng. and in winter_ much the same. _Notes._ Call, a grating whistle; song, a hollow, resonant, musical _t-_, repeated eight times, made after filling aesophagus with air until it is puffed out to size of the body. (Nelson.)
Range.--North America; breeds in Arctic regions; winters south of United States to South America; rare on Pacific coast.
[Illustration: 240.]
=240. White-rumped Sandpiper= (_Actodromas fuscicollis_). L. 7.5.
Longer upper tail-coverts _white_. _Ads._ Breast white, _distinctly spotted_ or streaked. _Yng._ More rufous above; breast less distinctly streaked. _Winter._ Brownish gray above; similar to yng. below.
Range.--Eastern North America; breeds in the interior north of Hudson Bay; winters south of United States to southern South America; rare on Pacific coast.
[Illustration: 241.]
=241. Baird Sandpiper= (_Actodromas bairdii_). L. 7.5. No rusty in plumage. _Ads._ Longest upper tail-coverts _blackish_; breast buffy, _faintly_ streaked. _Yng._ Similar, but back _conspicuously_ margined with whitish. _Winter._ Above "buffy grayish brown," no white margins.
Range.--Interior of North America; breeds in the Arctic regions and winters south of United States to southern South America.
[Illustration: 242.]
=242. Least Sandpiper= (_Actodromas minutilla_). L. 6. Smartest of our Sandpipers. _Ads._ Above black, buff and rufous; below white breast lightly streaked. _Yng._ Similar, but breast less distinctly streaked.
_Winter._ Above brownish gray, often streaked with black, below white.
_Notes._ _Peep-peep._
Range.--North America; breeds from Sable Island and Magdalens northward; winters from Gulf States and California south to South America.
[Illustration: 249.]
=249. Marbled Godwit= (_Limosa fedoa_). L. 18; B. 4; slightly recurved. Tail barred, cinnamon and black; under wing-coverts cinnamon with more or less fine black markings. _Ads._ Above black and ochraceous; below buffy white finely and uniformly barred with black.
_Yng._ Similar, but with no or with but few bars below.
Range.--North America; breeds in the interior from western Minnesota, rarely Iowa and Nebraska northward; winters south of United States to Central America and West Indies.
[Illustration: 250.]
=250. Pacific Godwit= (_Limosa lapponica baueri_). L. 16. B. 3.7, slightly recurved, tail barred black and white; under wing-coverts black and white. _Ads._ "Head, neck and lower parts, plain cinnamon color." (Ridgw.) _Winter._ Above black, grayish and rusty, former prevailing; below white; throat streaked, elsewhere with irregular, black bars. _Notes._ "A loud ringing _ku-we'w_, repeated."
Range.--"Shores and Islands of the Pacific Ocean, from New Zealand and Australia to Kamchatka and Alaska. On the American coast recorded south of Alaska only from La Paz, Lower California." (A.O.U.)
[Illustration: 251.]
=251. Hudsonian Godwit= (_Limosa haemastica_). L. 15; B. 3.2, slightly recurved. Under wing-coverts dusky; upper tail-coverts black and white; tail black at end, white at base. _Ads._ Above black, rusty and grayish, below chestnut-red barred with blackish and faintly tipped with white. _Yng._ Similar, but below buffy whitish, breast grayer.
_Winter._ Similar below but above brownish gray.
Range.--Eastern North America chiefly interior; breeds in Arctic Regions; winters south of United States to South America.
[Illustration: 270.]
=270. Black-bellied Plover= (_Squatarola squatarola_). L. 11. Hind-toe present, small. _Ads._ Above black and white, no yellowish; below black. _Yng._ Above grayish brown spotted with white and some yellowish; below white. _Winter._ Similar to preceding but nearly uniform brownish above.
Range.--Northern Hemisphere; breeds in Arctic Regions, winters in America from Florida to Brazil.
[Illustration: 272.]
=272. American Golden Plover= (_Charadrius dominicus_). L. 10.5; W. 7.
No hind-toe; axillars dusky. _Ads._ Above conspicuously spotted with yellow; below black, sides of breast white. _Yng._ Duller above, below grayish white with dusky marks and yellowish wash. _Winter._ Similar but no yellow below. _Notes._ Call, a plaintive _too-lee-e_; song, a marvelously harmonious succession of notes. (Nelson.)
Range.--Western Hemisphere; breeds in Arctic Regions; winters from Florida to Patagonia, rare on Pacific coast.
=272a. Pacific Golden Plover= (_C. d. fulvus_). Similar to No. 272 but wing shorter, 6.5; yellow richer.
Range.--"Breeding from northern Asia to the Pribilof Islands and coast of Alaska, south in winter through China and India to Australia and Polynesia." (A.O.U.)
[Illustration: 254.]
=254. Greater Yellow-legs= (_Totanus melanoleucus_). L. 14; B. 2.2.
No rusty; upper tail-coverts mostly white; tail barred with black and white or gray. _Ads._ Above black margined with whitish; below white and black. _Yng._ Above grayish margined with whitish; below white, breast lightly streaked. _Winter._ Similar but white margins less conspicuous. _Notes._ A whistled _wheu_, _wheu-wheu-wheu-wheu-wheu-wheu_, _wheu-wheu_.
Range.--North America; breeds from Minnesota, rarely northern Illinois, and Anticosti northward; winters from Gulf States and California to southern South America.
[Illustration: 255.]
=255. Yellow-legs= (_Totanus flavipes_). L. 10.7; B. 1.4. Similar in color to preceding but smaller in size.
Range.--North America; breeds rarely in upper Mississippi Valley but chiefly north of latitude 55; winters from Gulf States to southern South America; rare on Pacific coast.
[Illustration: 258.]
=258. Willet= (_Symphemia semipalmata_). L. 15; W. 8; B. 2.1.
Primaries black with a broad white band; upper tail-coverts mostly white. _Ads._ Above brownish gray, black, and a little buff; below white heavily marked with black and slightly washed with buff. _Yng._ Above brownish gray margined with buffy; below white, breast lightly streaked with dusky. _Winter._ Similar, but above plain brownish gray.
_Notes._ Song, _pilly-will-willet_, repeated.
Range.--Eastern North America; breeds from Florida to southern New Jersey, later strays casually to Maine; winters from Gulf States to South America.