. Handbook of birds of eastern North America; with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature . Pacific coast n. to St. Michael, Alaska, and to ne. Siberia; straggles toBermuda and frequently to w. Europe. Long Island, rare T. V., Aug. and Sept. SE. Minn., uncommon T. V. Eggs, 3-4, buffy grayish white, varying to pale olive-buff, boldly spottedlongitudinally (and somewhat spirally) with dark Vandyke- or madder-brownand purplish gray, 1*53 x 104 (Ridgw.). Date, Pt. Barrow, Alaska, June 20. This is a rare species on the Atlantic coast. Dr. Hatch writes ofit as observed by him in Minne
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America; with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature . Pacific coast n. to St. Michael, Alaska, and to ne. Siberia; straggles toBermuda and frequently to w. Europe. Long Island, rare T. V., Aug. and Sept. SE. Minn., uncommon T. V. Eggs, 3-4, buffy grayish white, varying to pale olive-buff, boldly spottedlongitudinally (and somewhat spirally) with dark Vandyke- or madder-brownand purplish gray, 1*53 x 104 (Ridgw.). Date, Pt. Barrow, Alaska, June 20. This is a rare species on the Atlantic coast. Dr. Hatch writes ofit as observed by him in Minnesota: They are an extremely activespecies when on the wing, and essentially ploverine in all respects,seeking sandy, barren prairies, where they live upon grasshoppers,crickets, and insects generally, and ants and their eggs specially. Ihave found them repasting upon minute mollusks on the sandy shoresof small and shallow ponds, where they were apparently little moresuspicious than the Solitary Sandpipers are notably. The flight is inrather compact form, dipping and rising alternately, and with a dis-. SNIPES AND SANDPIPERS 261 position to return again to the neighborhood of their former feeding-places. 263. Actitis macularia (Linn.). Spotted Sandpiper. Ads. in sum-mer.—Upperparts brownish gray with a faint greenish luster, head and neckmore or less streaked, and back barred or spotted with black; inner tail-feathers like back, outer ones white with blackish bars; underparts white;everywhere spotted with black. Juv.—Upperparts brownish gray, with agreenish tinge, back faintly and wing-coverts conspicuously barred withblack and buffy; underparts pure white, unspotted, but slightly washed withgrayish on breast. Ads. and Juv. in winter.—Similar, but back without , 7-50; W., 4-20; Tar., 90; B., 95. Range.—N. and S. A. Breeds from tree limit in nw. Alaska, n. Macken-zie, cen. Keewatin, n. Ungava, and N. F. s. to s. Calif., Ariz., s. Tex., s. n. S. C; winters fr
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