. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . ther south on the Pacific coast, and is almost unknown inCalifornia. It reappears in Lower California (Brewster), butno one knows how it gets there. The old birds start south inJuly, and by the end of August a few have reached Arge
. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . ther south on the Pacific coast, and is almost unknown inCalifornia. It reappears in Lower California (Brewster), butno one knows how it gets there. The old birds start south inJuly, and by the end of August a few have reached young birds begin to leave their arctic homes late inAugust and early in September. Most of the birds of thisspecies killed in Massachusetts are taken between August andNovember 1. In winter the species dwells in South Argentina and Chile it visits both mountain and plain, andis by no means confined to the sea-coast. Insects, shell-fish and vegetable matter have been foundin stomachs of this species. Crickets, grasshoppers, groundlarvse and earthworms are commonly taken by those whichfeed inland. I Cooke, W. W.: Distribution and Migration of North American Shore Birds, Bull. No. 35, , 1910, p. 35. 274 GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (Pisobia fuscicollis).Common or local names: Bull-peep; - - â â ?i-^&.=5^5^^^g^^^;^>;^3 Length. â to 8 inches; bill about 1. Adult in Spring. â Above black and brownish buflf; the back feathers haveblack centers and buff margins arranged in stripes; top of head dark-ened with fine black streaks on buff ground, much like Pectoral Sand-piper, but upper coverts at base of tail pure white; middle tail feathersdark, outer ones light ashy; throat and most of under parts white;sides of head, neck and breast buffy and streaked with lines of distinctdusky spots. Adult in Fall. â Above plain ashy or brownish gray, often showing patchesof the black and brown of spring plumage
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