. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . only casually occurring as astraggler along the Atlantic coast. Very similarto the next species, but a trifle smaller. The nestand eggs do not differ from the following. 243a, Red-backed Sandpiper. Pelidna alpinasakhalina. Range.—Whole of North America, breeding from southern Greenland, Labrador, Hudson Bay and the Yukon, northward, wintering from the Gulf States soutli-ward. This hand-some species issimilar to the Pribi-lof Sandpiper, but iss
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . only casually occurring as astraggler along the Atlantic coast. Very similarto the next species, but a trifle smaller. The nestand eggs do not differ from the following. 243a, Red-backed Sandpiper. Pelidna alpinasakhalina. Range.—Whole of North America, breeding from southern Greenland, Labrador, Hudson Bay and the Yukon, northward, wintering from the Gulf States soutli-ward. This hand-some species issimilar to the Pribi-lof Sandpiper, but issmaller (length 8inches), the upperparts are more red-dish, the breastmore heavily streak-ed, and it has a black patch on the belly instead of on the breast as in ptilocnemis. Their nesting habits are similar to others of the family; they lay three or four eggs witli a brownish or greenish buff color, heavily blotched and spotted with shades of brown and chestnut. Size x Data.—Peel River, Arctic America, June 30, 1899. Nest a simple cavity in the ground, lined with a few grasses and three or four leaves. Collector, .1. O. Greenish bulT,
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