An Australian Bird Book Part 14

Brown mottled; chin, abdomen white; tail barred brown, white; arched bill 3in.; f., sim. Crabs, sh.e.l.lfish, worms.

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=95 Little Whimbrel=, _Mesoscolopax minutus_, E. Sib., Mongolia, j.a.pan to A.

[~95 _Numenius minutus._]

Mig. v.r. _swamps_ 12

Upper blackish-brown much marked and spotted buff; under, line past eye buff; arched bill 1.7in. Insects, worms.

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=96 Barred-rumped G.o.dwit= (Pacific), Kuaka, _Limosa, novae-zealandiae_ (_lapponica_, Am.O.U.), Alaska, California; E. Sib. to A., T., N.Z., Oceania =vt. Eur. Barred-tailed G.o.dwit.

[~96 _Limosa baueri._]

Mig. c. _sh.o.r.es_ 15

Upper brownish-gray marked whitish; rump, tail barred brown, white; abdomen white; legs brownish-black; broad, indistinct whitish eyebrow; bill long, slightly upturned; f., larger.

Sh.e.l.lfish, worms, sand-hoppers.

=97 Black-tailed G.o.dwit=, _L. limosa_, Br. Eur., N. Afr., India, E. Sib., j.a.pan to A., Greenland (acc.), may be a distinct species than called _L. melanuroides_.

[~97 _Limosa melanuroides._]

Mig. v.r. _shallow lakes_ 16

Upper grayish-brown; wing white band flying; lower-back blackish-brown; upper base tail white; tail black, white at side at base; neck, breast, flanks grayish-brown; abdomen white; bill long, slightly upturned; f., larger. Insects, pond snails, worms.

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=98 Common Sandpiper=, Summer Snipe, _Tringoides hypoleucus_, Eur. (Br.), N. Asia, Afr., Ind., to A. (acc.).

[~98 _Tringa hypoleuca._]

Mig. u. _sh.o.r.es_, _lakes_ 8

Upper pale-brown marked darker; wing-quills slightly tipped white; centre tail feathers glossy-brown, side feathers white barred brown; under white; chest marked pale-brown; indistinct pale eyebrow; tail constantly jerked; f., sim. Water-insects, sh.e.l.lfish.

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=99 Greenshank=, _Glottis nebularius_, Br., Eastern hemisphere, Florida (acc.).

[~99 _Tringa nebularia._]

Mig. r. _sh.o.r.es_, _lakes_ 14

Face, under, tail white; sides of breast streaked brown; edge of tail barred freckled brown; crown, hind-neck gray; wings dark-brown; upper light-brown; legs deep olive-green; f., sim.

Sh.e.l.lfish, worms.

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=100 Sanderling=, _Calidris arenaria_ (_leucophoea_, Am.O.U.), cos. exc. Pacific Is.

[~100 _Arenaria leucophaea._]

Mig. v.r. _sandy sh.o.r.es_, _swamps_ 7.5

Crown, back gray; white band on wing; sides, lower-back white; eyebrow, forehead, face, under white; no hind toe; brighter in far north; f., sim. Sand-hoppers, insects. "Wick."

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=101 Eastern Little Stint= (Little), Red-necked Sandpiper, Land-snipe, Little Dunlin, _Pisobia ruficollis_, E. Sib., j.a.p., China to A., T., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Little Stint.

[~101 _Erolia ruficollis._]

Mig. flocks c. _sh.o.r.es_ 6.2

Upper ashy-brown mottled darker; wing-quills blackish-brown; centre tail feathers blackish-brown; rest whitish; forehead, under white; faint chestnut band on chest; bill, legs black; brighter in far north; f., sim. Insects, sh.e.l.lfish.

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=102* Sharp-tailed Sandpiper= (Siberian-, Asiatic-Pectoral), Sharp-tailed Stint, Marsh Sandpiper, Marsh Tringa, _Heteropygia aurita_, (_P. aurita_, Am.O.U.), Alaska, E. Sib., j.a.pan, Ind, to A., T., N.Z.

[~102 _Erolia aurita._]

Mig. r. _coast_ 8.5

Upper dark-brown marked gray; crown faint rufous; wing-quills dark-brown; face, under whitish, breast brownish; f., smaller.

Small water-animals.

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=103 Curlew-Sandpiper=, Pygmy Curlew, Curlew-Stint, _Ancylochilus subarquatus_ (_Erolia ferruginea_, Am.O.U.), A., T., N.Z., almost cos. exc. Pac. Is.

[~103 _Erolia ferruginea._]

Mig. flocks r. _sh.o.r.e_ 8.5

Upper grayish-brown; eyebrow, rump, under white, chest tinged brown; bill 1.5 in., black, arched; brighter in far north; f., sim. Insects, worms.

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=104 Knot=, Knot-Snipe, _Tringa canutus_, almost cos., A., T., N.Z.

[~104 _Canutus canutus._]

Mig. r. _tidal mud flats_ 9