. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . n erratic circuitous course, usually settling near thespot from which they started. On the Siberian coast,near North Cape, this species was very common, andresorted to the damp grassy flats near the shore, andsought its food in the tracks, made by the rein-deer, which intersected the ground. It was here verytame and allowed one to approach c
. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . n erratic circuitous course, usually settling near thespot from which they started. On the Siberian coast,near North Cape, this species was very common, andresorted to the damp grassy flats near the shore, andsought its food in the tracks, made by the rein-deer, which intersected the ground. It was here verytame and allowed one to approach closely. On Beh-ring Island Stejneger obtained young specimens asthey were migrating in autumn, but it does not ap-pear to travel southward along our coasts. Theywere very shy, mostly single, no large flocks havingbeen seen. In appearance this species resembles thePectoral Sandpiper, but has never the streaked breastso conspicuous on the latter, and the top of the head ismore reddish. TRINGA ACUMINATA. Habitat.—Alaskan coast and Eastern Asia, islands of the Pacific andBehring Sea, southward to Australia. Adult in Summer.—Top of head, ear-coverts, and nape, streaked withblack and rust red ; white stripe from bill over the eye; back, scapulars, 74. 19- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER. 75 and interscapulars, black, feathers margined rather broadly with reddishbuff or rusty, grayish brown or white, back lighter than scapulars; lesserwing-coverts, black, margined with dark buff; greater coverts, dark brown,margined with white, forming a bar across the wing; primaries, dark brown,with white shafts; lower back and upper tail-coverts, brownish black,margined with chestnut; central tail-feathers, dark brown, margined withchestnut; lateral feathers, pale brown, margined with white, all the tail-feathers lengthened and sharply pointed; sides of face and throat, white,the former spotted with brown; breast, dark buff; rest of under parts,white, with central brown streak on
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