. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 264 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK the tail, but should be distinguished by its shorter legs and much shorter bill. (See Fig. 77.) Solitary Sandpiper. Helodromas solitarius Bill Ad. in spring. — Upper parts olive-brown, sparsely speckled with white; front of neck streaked with dusky; outer tail-feathers white, barred with black ; wing not showing
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 264 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK the tail, but should be distinguished by its shorter legs and much shorter bill. (See Fig. 77.) Solitary Sandpiper. Helodromas solitarius Bill Ad. in spring. — Upper parts olive-brown, sparsely speckled with white; front of neck streaked with dusky; outer tail-feathers white, barred with black ; wing not showing a row of white spots in flight. Ad. in fall. — Upper parts dark ashy, even less speckled with white ; front of neck less streaked with dusky. Im. — Upper parts brownish-gray, everywhere speckled with white ; sides of head and neck dusky ; rest of under parts white ; ' tail as in adult ; legs greenish. The Solitary Sandpiper is a not uncommon migrant throughout New York and New England, passing north in May, and returning in late July, August, and September. It is the only sandpiper except the Spotted, which occurs regularly away from the sea-coast or from extensive bodies of water. In fact, it may be found as a migrant near any ditch Fig. 78. Tail of Solitary or pool of stagnant water, and seems to prefer a muddy shore to the pebbly beaches which the Spotted Sandpiper haunts. Its notes are almost identical with those of the Spotted Sandpiper. It sometimes occurs in sloughs on the marshes, and might there be confused with the Summer Yellow-legs. Its tail, however, distinguishes it both from the Yellow- legs and from the Spotted Sandpiper. The central pair of feathers are dark, but the outer ones are white, barred with black ; it therefore shows much more white in the out- spread tail as it flies up than the Spotted Sandpiper, but less than the Yellow-legs. Moreover, it lacks the line of white in the wing which is so characteristic of the Spotted. Please note that these ima
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