. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . ened ; bill slender, about as long as tarsus;feet and legs black. Adults in summer : upi)er parts specked and spotted with black, gray, andwhitish, darkest on crownand back ; whole under partsy. JJ3 and bar on wing white. Adults ^^^ in icinter: upper parts hoarygray, except blackish quills and bend of wing ; under parts snowy : upper parts coarsely spotted with dusky and gray above ; imderparts white, sparsely marked with dusky and huffy on chest. L
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . ened ; bill slender, about as long as tarsus;feet and legs black. Adults in summer : upi)er parts specked and spotted with black, gray, andwhitish, darkest on crownand back ; whole under partsy. JJ3 and bar on wing white. Adults ^^^ in icinter: upper parts hoarygray, except blackish quills and bend of wing ; under parts snowy : upper parts coarsely spotted with dusky and gray above ; imderparts white, sparsely marked with dusky and huffy on chest. , wing , bill ., tarsus . Remarks. — In having but three toes the sanderling resembles the plov-ers, but may be distinguished from them by its slender bill and trans-versely scaled tarsus. Distribution. — Nearly cosmopolitan, but breeding only in arctic andsubarctic regions ; in America wintering from Texas and California southto Chili and Patagonia. Nest. — A depression in the ground lined with grass and leaves. Eggs :usually 4, light olive brown, spotted with various shades of SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 95 The sanderlings are sometimes foimd on the inland lake shores anddm-ing migrations are abundant on the coasts, picking along thesandy beaches, chasing the retreating waves, and catching their foodfrom the squirming life left on the sandy shore. GENUS LIMOSA. General Characters. — Bill long- and slender, straight, or slig-htly inclinedupwards, whole front and back of tarsus covered with transverse scutellae. KEY TO SPECIES. 1. Tail finely barred with cinnamon and dusky .... fedoa, p. Tail black, tip and base wbite heemastica, p. 95. 249. Limosa fedoa (Linn.). Marbled Godavit. .Ulults. — Pluniag-e mainly light cinnamon brown, heavily mottled withblack on upper parts,and finely barred withblackish on chest, sides,and tail; throat streakedand chin whitish ; edge of wing black. Young: „. .,_ similar to adults but mor
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