. . rther south on the Pacific coast, and is almost unknown inCalifornia, It reappears in Lower California (Brewster), butno one knows how it gets there. The old birds start south inJuly, and by the end of August a few have reached young birds begin to leave their arctic homes late inAugust and early in September. Most of the birds of thisspecies killed in Massachusetts are taken between August andNovember 1. In winter the species dwells in South Argentina and Chile it visits both mountain and plain, andis by
. . rther south on the Pacific coast, and is almost unknown inCalifornia, It reappears in Lower California (Brewster), butno one knows how it gets there. The old birds start south inJuly, and by the end of August a few have reached young birds begin to leave their arctic homes late inAugust and early in September. Most of the birds of thisspecies killed in Massachusetts are taken between August andNovember 1. In winter the species dwells in South Argentina and Chile it visits both mountain and plain, andis by no means confined to the sea-coast. Insects, shell-fish and vegetable matter have been foundin stomachs of this species. Crickets, grasshoppers, groundlarvae and earthworms are commonly taken by those whichfeed inland. 1 Cooke, W. W.: Distribution and Migration of North American Shore Birds, Bull. No. 35, , 1910, p. 35. 274 GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (Pisobia fuscicolUs).Common or local names: Bull-peep; Length. — to 8 inches; bill about 1. Adult in Spring. — Above black and brownish buflf; the back feathers haveblack centers and buff margins arranged in stripes; top of head dark-ened with fine black streaks on buff ground, much like Pectoral Sand-piper, but upper coverts at base of tail pure white; middle tail feathersdark, outer ones light ashy; throat and most of under parts white;sides of head, neck and breast buffy and streaked with lines of distinctdusky spots. Adult in Fall. — Above plain ashy or brownish gray, often showing patchesof the black and brown of spring plumage; a white line over eye and adark line through it; breast faintly and indistinctly streaked. Young. — Similar to spring adults, but less distinctly marked; feathers ofback tipped with white and edged with reddish brown; breast grayish. Field Marks. — The large pure white patch just above the tail, conspicuousin flight, distinguishes
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