. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. SANDPIPERS 411 anteriorly; secondaries deeper grayish-brown, narrowly edged paler, which passes into white at tips; tertials deep grayish-brown (sometimes with more or less tawny tinge) passing gradually into white on edge of outer webs; primary coverts dusky, narrowly margined toward ends with whitish; primaries grayish-brown, narrowly edged paler or whitish; rump and upper tail-coverts mostly sooty-grayish- brown, indistinctly or narrowly edged pale brownish-buffy; outer tail-coverts whitish, each with a dusky V; two middle
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. SANDPIPERS 411 anteriorly; secondaries deeper grayish-brown, narrowly edged paler, which passes into white at tips; tertials deep grayish-brown (sometimes with more or less tawny tinge) passing gradually into white on edge of outer webs; primary coverts dusky, narrowly margined toward ends with whitish; primaries grayish-brown, narrowly edged paler or whitish; rump and upper tail-coverts mostly sooty-grayish- brown, indistinctly or narrowly edged pale brownish-buffy; outer tail-coverts whitish, each with a dusky V; two middle tail-feathers colored like middle upper tail-coverts but margined narrowly lighter; rest of tail-feathers paler (outer ones palest) grayish-brown, narrowly margined whitish; sides of head, sides of neck, fore neck and breast dull buffy or buffy-white narrowly streaked dusky, less streaked over eye; chin, throat and under plumage (breast to tail) white; axillars white and wing-linings mostly so; bill blackish, becoming lighter or brownish toward base; iris dark brown; legs and feet blackish or dark slate. Adults in winter plumage: Colors more blended and paler than in breeding plumage; above buffy-brownish, feathers with dusky centers and some shaft-streaks; below duller or more brownish- white, breast and sides of neck strongly tinged dull brownish-buffy, not so .distinctly streaked; otherwise as in breeding plumage. Young in first winter plumage: Similar to adult winter plumage but distinguished by white or buffy-white edges to some re- tained juvenal wing-coverts (Practical Hand book of British Birds); white tips of juvenal back-feathers gradually wear off during winter. Young in juvenal plumage: Above and breast-band buffy, feathers of back, scapulars, wing-coverts and tertials Tail of Baird's darker centrally, margined at ends white or buffy-white, giving a scaled appearance; Sandpiper top of head streaked dusky; upper tail-coverts narrowly tipped buffy; otherwise (After C
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