Brown mottled; chin, abdomen white; tail barred brown, white; arched bill 3in.; f., sim. Crabs, shellfish, worms. 1 1 =95 Little Whimbrel=, _Mesoscolopax minutus_, E. Sib., Mongolia, Japan 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. [Page 47] 2 5 =96 Barred-rumped Godwit= (Pacific), Kuaka, _Limosa, novae-zealandiae_ (_lapponica_, Am.O.U.), Alaska, California; E. Sib. to A., T., N.Z., Oceania =vt. Eur. Barred-tailed Godwit. [~96 _Limosa baueri._] Mig. c. _shores_ 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. Shellfish, worms, sand-hoppers. =97 Black-tailed Godwit=, _L. limosa_, Br. Eur., N. Afr., India, E. Sib., Japan 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. 1 2 =98 Common Sandpiper=, Summer Snipe, _Tringoides hypoleucus_, Eur. (Br.), N. Asia, Afr., Ind., to A. (acc.). [~98 _Tringa hypoleuca._] Mig. u. _shores_, _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, shellfish. 1 1 =99 Greenshank=, _Glottis nebularius_, Br., Eastern hemisphere, Florida (acc.). [~99 _Tringa nebularia._] Mig. r. _shores_, _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. Shellfish, worms. [Page 48] [Illustration: [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105]] 1 1 =100 Sanderling=, _Calidris arenaria_ (_leucophoea_, Am.O.U.), cos. exc. Pacific Is. [~100 _Arenaria leucophaea._] Mig. v.r. _sandy shores_, _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." [Page 49] 2 5 =101 Eastern Little Stint= (Little), Red-necked Sandpiper, Land-snipe, Little Dunlin, _Pisobia ruficollis_, E. Sib., Jap., China to A., T., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Little Stint. [~101 _Erolia ruficollis._]