. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. No. 248. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. A. O. U. No. 263. Actitis macularia ( Linn.). Synonyms.â PEET-wEET; Tip-up; Teeter-tail. Description.âAdult in summer: Upper parts light olive-brown, with pale greenish or brassy luster; the head and neck streaked, and the back, scapulars, tertiaries, etc., irregularly barred with darker; quills darker and with more dis- tinct greenish reflections; the inner primaries and secondaries narrowly tipped. Taken in Lorain
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. No. 248. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. A. O. U. No. 263. Actitis macularia ( Linn.). Synonyms.â PEET-wEET; Tip-up; Teeter-tail. Description.âAdult in summer: Upper parts light olive-brown, with pale greenish or brassy luster; the head and neck streaked, and the back, scapulars, tertiaries, etc., irregularly barred with darker; quills darker and with more dis- tinct greenish reflections; the inner primaries and secondaries narrowly tipped. Taken in Lorain County. Plw>° by A FAVORITE NESTING HAUNT OF THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. with white, the former varied with some white on the inner webs, the latter with much basal white showing conspicuously in flight; central tail-feathers like back, but greener, the outer feathers becoming duller and tipped with white; a white superciliarv line; entire under parts white and strikingly marked with rounded spots approaching color of back; bill flesh-color, sometimes orange, darkening above, or not, and with dusky tip; feet and legs pinkish white. Winter plumage Similar, but back browner, unbarred. Immature: Like adult but unspotted below tinged with gray on breast; above showing blackish or buffy bars, faintly on back- more strongly on wing-coverts, and upper tail-coverts. Length ( 203 0 â wing () ; tail () ; bill .93 () ; tarsus .95 (). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Jones, Lynds, b. 1865. Columbus, Wheaton Pub. Co.
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