. Birds of North Carolina . than Least Sandpiper. 1. Wing more than See 2. 2. Upper tail-coverts white, but sometimes streaked with dusky. Whitc-rumped Upper tail-coverts not white. Pectoral Sandpiper. 108. Pisobia maculata {Vieill.). Pectoral Sandpiper. Ads. in summer.—Upperparts black, all the feathers heavily bordered with pale ochraceous-buff; rump and upper tail-coverts black, Ughtly tipped with ochraceous-buff; middle tail-feathers longest, pointed and margined with buffy; outer tail-feathers brownish gray, naiTowlymargined with white; throat white, neck and brea
. Birds of North Carolina . than Least Sandpiper. 1. Wing more than See 2. 2. Upper tail-coverts white, but sometimes streaked with dusky. Whitc-rumped Upper tail-coverts not white. Pectoral Sandpiper. 108. Pisobia maculata {Vieill.). Pectoral Sandpiper. Ads. in summer.—Upperparts black, all the feathers heavily bordered with pale ochraceous-buff; rump and upper tail-coverts black, Ughtly tipped with ochraceous-buff; middle tail-feathers longest, pointed and margined with buffy; outer tail-feathers brownish gray, naiTowlymargined with white; throat white, neck and breast heavily streaked with black and buffy;rest of underparts white. Ads. and Juv. in innter.—Similar, but ochraceous-buff of mider-parts replaced by rufous, and breast heavily washed with buSfy. L., ; W., ; Tar., ;B., (Chup., Birds of E. N. A.) Range.—Breeds in Arctic America; winters in South America. Range in North Carolina.—Has been taken dming the migrations at Raleigh and in thecoastal Fig. 90. Pector.\l S.\NDriPEE. This sandpiper, which is much less strictly a salt-water bird than the two pre-ceding, frequents wet meadows and marshes rather than mud-flats and is a flocking bird, usually fljing in compact bunches which may be raked by agunners fire in a most destructive manner. It also decoys readily. With a more or less regular spring migration movement as far up the State asRaleigh, it may be looked for in wet meadows (preferring a little more water amongthe grass than Wilsons Snipe) almost anywhere within our borders where condi-tions suit its requirements. The spring migration dates for this bird are late March and early April. In thefall it is much less common inland, and our few dates for this season of the year9 130 Birds of North Carolina show its presence in the State from August to November. It breeds in the farnorth and ^\inters from the West Indies south. Tliis is a gamy httle bird, and Jack Snipe shooting is not to
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