Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

WANDERING TATTLER.

259. Heteractitis incanus. 11 inches.

This is a handsome species, uniform gray above and white below, closely barred (in summer) with blackish, the bars becoming broken on the throat, forming spots. In winter the under parts and throat are white. During the breeding season it is found on the coast and islands of Alaska, building its nest along the marshy shores and banks of streams.