. Un popolare manuale degli uccelli degli Stati Uniti e del Canada . coda-piume crepato, altri grigi; petto tinto con buffe striato di crepuscolo, altri sotto parti bianche; Bill e piedi nero.lunghezza circa 7^ pollici. Nido. Sul margine di un lago o di uno stagno; una leggera depressione, erba nascosta e fiancheggiata da foglie e erba. Uova. 4; bufifera o cremoso, macchiato con bruno rossastro ricco; 1.30 X0.90. Bairds Sandpiper è stato descritto da Coues nel 1861 da speci-Mens presi in Occidente, e non è stato fino al 1870 che l'uccello Wasknown per accadere sull'Atlantico. Fino ad oggi alcuni esempi
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. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . tail-feathers dusky, others gray; chest tinged with buffand streaked with dusky, other under parts white; bill and feet black.Length about 7^ inches. Nest. On the margin of a lake or pond ; a slight depression, hidden bytall grass and lined with leaves and grass. Eggs. 4; bufifish or creamy, spotted with rich reddish brown ; 1.30 X0.90. Bairds Sandpiper was described by Coues in 1861 from speci-mens taken in the West, and it was not until 1870 that the bird wasknown to occur on the Atlantic. Up to the present a few examplesonly have been captured to the eastward of the Mississippi valley, and very little is known of the birds distribution. Reports fromdifferent sections of the country lend probability to the conclusionthat the bulk of these Sandpipers migrate across the Great Plainsand nest along the Mackenzie River valley north of latitude 60°and in Alaska. They are abundant on the plains and amid thefoot hills of the Rockies. In winter they range to Chili and theArgentine Republic.. SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER. Ereunetes pusillus. Char. Feet with two webs extending about half-way up the toes.Upper parts mottled brownish gray, tinged with rufous or buff, each fea-ther with a central stripe of blackish; rump darker; under parts white, the breast washed with rufous and marked with dusky. In winter plum-age there is no trace of the rufous or buff tints. Length about 6 inches. Nest. Usually on the margin of a pool by the sea or an inland pond, — a slight depression scantily lined with leaves and grass ; sometimes hid-den in a tussock of grass. Egg^- 3-4 ; pale- gray or with buff, drab, or olive tint, variouslymarked with brown; 1.20 X O.85. Commonly associated with other species of the same size, plumage, and habits, it is not easy to ofifer any remark con-cerning it which can be considered as exclusive. It is spreadequally over the North American continent, from the confinesof the Arctic circle probably to
