tire under parts are a uniform
reddish chestnut color. They are known to breed in Arctic America, from
Point Barrow and Hudson Bay, northward, but no authentic eggs are known,
at present, to exist in collections. One taken from a bird by Lieut.
Greely, was a pea green color, specked with brown; size 1.10 x 1.00. As
it was not fully developed, it was probably correct neither as to size
nor color.

235. PURPLE SANDPIPER. _Arquatella maritima maritima_.

Range.--Arctic regions, wintering south to the Middle States and the
Great Lakes, but chiefly on the coast.

A grayish and blackish colored species, about nine inches long. It nests
in northern Labrador, about Hudson Bay and in Iceland. Its eggs are a
grayish buff color handsomely splashed with rich shades of brown and
obscure markings of darker gray. Data.--Northern Iceland, June 7, 1897.
Four eggs. Nest a hollow in the ground among grass and weeds and lined
with a few grasses. Collector, C. Jefferys.

235a. ALEUTIAN SANDPIPER. _Arguatella maritima couesi_.

Range.--Supposed to be a resident on the coast and islands of Alaska,
from the Aleutians northward.

A very similar species to the preceding; scarcely distinguishable. These
Sandpipers, which are found in Alaska at all seasons of the year, breed
during May and June. Their nesting habits are the same as those of the
preceding bird and the eggs are indistinguishable. Size 1.40 x 1.00.
Data.--Unalaska, Bering Sea, June 3, 1898. Nest containing four eggs, a
depression in the moss, lined with grasses and bits of moss. The eggs
were laid with their small ends together.

[Illustration 148: Knot. Purple Sandpiper.]
[Illustration: Grayish buff.]
[Illustration: deco.]
[Illustration: left hand margin.]

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237. PRIBILOF SANDPIPER. _Arquatella maritina ptilocnemis_.

Range.--Coast and islands of Bering Sea, south in winter to southern
Alaska.

This bird, which is ten inches in length, has the feathers of the upper
parts edged with rusty, and the underparts light, with a distinguishing
patch of black on the breast. Similar in appearance to the Red-backed
Sandpiper, but not so reddish above, and the latter has the black patch
on the belly. They breed commonly on the Pribilof and other islands in
Bering Sea, nesting the same as other Sandpipers. Their four eggs are
similar to those of the preceding, but average darker. Size 1.50 x 1.05.

238. SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER. _Pisobia aurita_.

Range.--An Asiati