. . Baffin Land. From this region thesoutheasterly summer and fall migration brings it downthrough the Hudson Bay country, Ungava and Labradordirectly to the Atlantic coast of New England. In July andAugust it traverses almost the entire length of the Atlanticcoast of both continents, as it has been taken at Cape Horn onSeptember 9, but it is sometimes taken in Massachusettsafter September 15. As this species appears to be very rarein the Carolinas in fall, it must pass out to sea, and very likelyfollows a route somewhat similar to t
. . Baffin Land. From this region thesoutheasterly summer and fall migration brings it downthrough the Hudson Bay country, Ungava and Labradordirectly to the Atlantic coast of New England. In July andAugust it traverses almost the entire length of the Atlanticcoast of both continents, as it has been taken at Cape Horn onSeptember 9, but it is sometimes taken in Massachusettsafter September 15. As this species appears to be very rarein the Carolinas in fall, it must pass out to sea, and very likelyfollows a route somewhat similar to that followed by theEskimo Curlew. In the spring it is a late migrant; remainingin Brazil until May, when it is seen also in South Carolina andFlorida. Apparently the larger numbers pass north throughthe Mississippi valley region and south by the Atlantic wonderful flight of this species over almost the entirelength of the western continents has not yet been fully tracedand mapped. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 277 BAIRDS SANDPIPER {Pisobia bairdi).. Length. — About inches; bill .90 to 1 inch. Adult. — Above grayish bufJ, varied with dusky; stripe over eye white;middle tail feathers dusky, others gray; breast tinged with buff, streakedwith dusky; below white; bill and feet black; resembles Pectoral Sand-piper, but smaller, and fore neck and breast less heavily streaked. Young of the First Winter. — Closely resemble young of ^Vllite-^umped Sand-piper, but upper parts paler; back feathers conspicuously marginedwith white, and rump not white. Field Marks. — Only a little larger than Semipalmated Sandpiper or Sand-peep, but has a darker breast. Notes. — Peet-peet; a shrill trilling whistle, like that of Semipalmated Sand-piper (C. W. Townsend). Season. — Rather rare fall migrant; late July to early October. Range. — North and South America. Breeds along Arctic coast from PointBarrow to northern Keewatin; winters in Chile, Argentina and Pata-gonia; occu
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