. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . s, and wing-cov-erts with rounded white tips. (In the winter these tips are more or less w^ornoff.) L., 7-40; W., 4-90 ; Tar., -90 ; B., -85. Remarks.—This bird most closely resembles T. fuscicollis. In any plum-age it may be known from that species by the fuscous instead of white middleupper tail-coverts. In summer it differs also in the absence of rufous above,the less heavily spotted throat, and the Avhite instead of spotted sides. Inwinter the chief distinguishing marks of the two species, aside from the dif-ferently colored upper tail-coverts
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . s, and wing-cov-erts with rounded white tips. (In the winter these tips are more or less w^ornoff.) L., 7-40; W., 4-90 ; Tar., -90 ; B., -85. Remarks.—This bird most closely resembles T. fuscicollis. In any plum-age it may be known from that species by the fuscous instead of white middleupper tail-coverts. In summer it differs also in the absence of rufous above,the less heavily spotted throat, and the Avhite instead of spotted sides. Inwinter the chief distinguishing marks of the two species, aside from the dif-ferently colored upper tail-coverts, are the butty breast and generally palerupper parts of bairdii. Range.—ter\ov of North America, breeding in the arctic regions andmigrating southward to South America; rare on the Atlantic coast. Washington, casual, one record. Long Island, casual, Aug. Eggs., three to four, light, creamy buff, sometimes tinged with rusty,thickly speckled and spotted with deep reddish brown or chestnut, 130 x -93(Ridgw. J. 160 SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, .—Least Sandpiper. (Natural size.) In habits they are similar to the White-rumped (which they soclosely resemble), but are more inclined to wander from the watersedge. I have flushed the birds on high prairie lands, at least a milefrom the water (Goss). 242* Tringa minutillai Vieill. Least Sandpiper ; Meadow Oxeye ;Peep. Ad. in summer.—Upper parts black or fuscous, edged and tippedwith buffy or rufous; rump and middle upper tail-coverts plain black or fus-cous ; central tail-feathers black or fuscous, outer ones ashy gray ; upper throat white ; neck and breast white or bufty,streaked with fuscous; belly and sideswhite. Inn.—Similar, but feathers ofthe back with rounded rufous or buffytips; breast not distinctly plumage.—Upper parts brown-ish gray, sometimes with more or lessblack in the centers of the feathers;breast white or ashy, not distinctlystreaked. L., 6-00; W., 3-50; Tar.,•70; B., 75. Remarks.—This is the
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