. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. J^W^VBo ^. â .S**-'**' BAIRD'S SANDPIPER No. 239 Baird's Sandpiper A. 0. U. No. 241. Pisobia bairdi (Coues). Description.âAdult in summer: Upperparts fuscous, with considerable edging of buffy and light brownish gray,âthe buff mostly in lateral striping on top of head and hind-neck, where predominant, and as terminal edging on back, etc.; some whitish edging on coverts, secondaries and inner quills, but no strong shades or contrasts anywhere; upper
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. J^W^VBo ^. â .S**-'**' BAIRD'S SANDPIPER No. 239 Baird's Sandpiper A. 0. U. No. 241. Pisobia bairdi (Coues). Description.âAdult in summer: Upperparts fuscous, with considerable edging of buffy and light brownish gray,âthe buff mostly in lateral striping on top of head and hind-neck, where predominant, and as terminal edging on back, etc.; some whitish edging on coverts, secondaries and inner quills, but no strong shades or contrasts anywhere; upper tail-coverts and tail dark fuscous, the former tipped with buff, and the latter edged with whitish, the outer feathers becoming much lighter; forehead and supraloral streaks pale buffy or whitish; throat white; the sides of the head, neck and breast with a heavy buffy suffusion, lightly and finely spotted and streaked with brownish dusky; remaining underparts white. Bill and legs black. In winter the shades of the upperparts are a little more blended. Immature: Similar to adult, but buffy suffusion of head, neck and breast more pronounced; the feathers of back 1235. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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