. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. SANDPIPERS 407. Tail of Pectoral Sandpiper (After Cory.) grayish-brown near edge; bill dull greenish-yellow basally, greenish-black toward tip; iris brown, legs and feet dull greenish-yellow or yellowish-green. Adults in winter plumage: Similar to summer plumage but feather margins of back and scapulars lack pronounced rusty tinge of summer and dark markings less distinct. Young in juvenal plumage: Similar to adult breeding plumage but long scapulars and back-feathers widely margined light chestnut and white, and breast more
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. SANDPIPERS 407. Tail of Pectoral Sandpiper (After Cory.) grayish-brown near edge; bill dull greenish-yellow basally, greenish-black toward tip; iris brown, legs and feet dull greenish-yellow or yellowish-green. Adults in winter plumage: Similar to summer plumage but feather margins of back and scapulars lack pronounced rusty tinge of summer and dark markings less distinct. Young in juvenal plumage: Similar to adult breeding plumage but long scapulars and back-feathers widely margined light chestnut and white, and breast more strongly buffy, or yellowish; legs and feet lighter or more yellow than in adults. Downy young: Forehead and sides of head yellowish buff; black middle stripe from upper base of upper mandible to crown, one from bill to below eye, one from bill to eye and another from above eye to upper ear-region, black; crown mottled black and tawny and dotted with irregular creamy tufts; nape yellowish-buff; upper body like crown but mixed with yellowish-buff; fore neck like sides of head; remaining under plumage white. Measurements. — Length to in.; spread to ; folded wing to ; tail to ; bill to ; tarsus to Weight 2 to 4 oz. (B. H. Warren). Much variation in size; male larger than female. Molts. —Apparently juvenal plumage is retained through first winter, the only change being result of fading and wear; white margins of back and scapulars grad- ually wear away; prenuptial molt in late winter and spring is succeeded by a dress similar to that of adult breeding plumage and after complete molt the next fall young bird becomes practically indistinguishable from adult winter; adults have an incomplete prenuptial molt in spring and a complete postnuptial molt in autumn. Field Marks. — Size of Sanderling or larger, smaller than Knot; stocky, short-necked, short- legged; legs yellowish or greenish; closely resembles Least Sandpiper i
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