. . ird, fond of associating with other species of waders. Itruns rapidly upon the shore, carrying the head down, and fliesrather high and fast, showing the back and breast alternatelyas it wheels in its course. Its food, he says, consists of small mollusks, crustaceans,insects, etc., and it is said to swallow the roots of marshplants, to eat small ground fruits and to feed much at night. 1 Samuels, E. A.: Ornitholof^j and Oology of New England, 1867, p. 444. 2 Deane, Ruthven: Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, 1879, p. 124. a Townsend, C. W.:
. . ird, fond of associating with other species of waders. Itruns rapidly upon the shore, carrying the head down, and fliesrather high and fast, showing the back and breast alternatelyas it wheels in its course. Its food, he says, consists of small mollusks, crustaceans,insects, etc., and it is said to swallow the roots of marshplants, to eat small ground fruits and to feed much at night. 1 Samuels, E. A.: Ornitholof^j and Oology of New England, 1867, p. 444. 2 Deane, Ruthven: Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, 1879, p. 124. a Townsend, C. W.: Memoirs of the Nuttall Orn. Club, No. 3, Birds of Essex County, 1905, p. 177.« Brewster, William: Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, 1876, pp. 51, Ornithologist and Oologist, July, 1890, Vol. 15, No. 7, p. Knight, Ora W.: The Birds of Maine, 1908, p. Eaton, E. H.: Birds of New York, 1910, p. 316. 286 GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER {Ereunetes pusillus).Common or local names: Peep; Sand-peep; Black-legged Peep; Sand Length. — inches; bill of male, .66 to .75; female, .80 to .92. Foot with two evident in Spring. — Above variegated with black, pale bay and ashy or white; a dark line through eye and a white line above it; below white; breast usually rufescent and speckled with black; rest of lower parts white; legs and feet in Fall. — Upper parts grayer; breast with specks faint or — Upper parts mostly ashy gray; under parts white; a slight dusky wash across the unspotted breast; legs and feet greenish Maries. — Distinguished from the Least Sandpiper in autumn by its black legs and unspotted — A quailing call, like to-wect, to-ioect; a shrill clattering whistle (Nuttall).Season. — Common migrant early May to mid June; early July to October. Non-breeding birds occur in — North and South America. Breeds from Arctic coast of North America s
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