c species, quite abundant in Alaska in the summer;
supposed to migrate south in winter, wholly on the Asiatic side of the
Pacific.

A similar bird, in appearance, to the following, but slightly smaller
and with the breast more ruddy. Its nesting habits probably do not
differ from those of the following Sandpiper.

239. PECTORAL SANDPIPER. _Pisobia maculata_.

Range.--Whole of North America, breeding in the Arctic regions, and
wintering south of the United States, most abundant in the eastern parts
of the United States during migrations.

This species is blackish brown above, with light brown edgings to the
feathers, and white below, except the chest, which is brownish, streaked
with black. A very peculiar species, having the power, during the mating
season, of inflating the throat to a great extent, making a balloon-like
appendage, nearly the size of the bird. They have more the habits of
Snipe, than do most of the Sandpipers, frequenting grassy meadows or
marshes, in preference to the seashore. Their nests are grass lined
depressions, and the eggs are grayish or greenish buff, blotched with
brown. Size 1.45 x 1.00. Data.--Cape Smythe, Alaska, June 1900. Four
eggs in a hollow in the ground, lined with grass.

[Illustration 149: Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Pectoral Sandpiper.]
[Illustration: egg, no caption.]
[Illustration: deco.]
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240. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. _Pisobia fuscicollis_.

Range.--North America, breeding from Labrador and southern Greenland,
northward and wintering from central to Southern South America; most
common on the Atlantic coast.

This species is 7.5 inches in length, and has white upper tail coverts;
otherwise it is marked similarly to the preceding Sandpiper. Its nesting
habits are the same as those of the majority of the family, and the
three or four eggs that they lay cannot be distinguished from those of
the following species. Size 1.30 x .90. These are one of the most common
of the beach birds along the Atlantic coast during migrations; they are
very often known as Bonaparte Sandpipers.

241. BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. _Pisobia bairdi_.

Range.--North America, chiefly in the interior, breeding along the
Arctic coast and about Hudson Bay, and wintering south of the United
States.

A very similar species to the preceding, but without the white rump.
Their nests are hollows in the ground, generally concealed in a tuft of
grass, and lined with gr