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Ad. in summer.-Upper parts broadly margined with rufous, the centers of the feathers black, wings brownish gray; breast whitish, lightly streaked with blackish; middle of the belly with a large black patch, lower belly white. Im. - Upper parts blackish, the feathers with rounded tips of rufous or buffy; breast washed with buffy and indistinctly streaked with blackish; belly spotted with black. Winter plumage. - Upper parts brownish gray; middle upper tail-coverts fuscous; wing-coverts brownish gray margined with buffy; throat white; breast ashy, indistinctly streaked; belly SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. white, the sides sometimes spotted with black. L., 8.00; W., 4.75; Tar., 1.00; B., 1.50.