. Natural history. Zoology. SANDPIPERS—liUFFS. 269 Mr. Seebohm among the number, believe that it is effected by the vocal organs. The sandpipers differ from the snipes in having the position of the eye normal, and not reaching to the ear-opening, as in the snipes and woodcocks. In this group of the sub-family Scolopaeinm we find some of the most in- teresting of the waders, the purple sandpipers (Arquatella), the dunlins (Pelidna), the knots {Ti-inga), the curlew sandpipers (Ancylochilus), the stints (Limonites), and the sanderlings (Calidris). They are mostly birds which breed in the Arctic r
. Natural history. Zoology. SANDPIPERS—liUFFS. 269 Mr. Seebohm among the number, believe that it is effected by the vocal organs. The sandpipers differ from the snipes in having the position of the eye normal, and not reaching to the ear-opening, as in the snipes and woodcocks. In this group of the sub-family Scolopaeinm we find some of the most in- teresting of the waders, the purple sandpipers (Arquatella), the dunlins (Pelidna), the knots {Ti-inga), the curlew sandpipers (Ancylochilus), the stints (Limonites), and the sanderlings (Calidris). They are mostly birds which breed in the Arctic regions, and go to the southern continents of the globe to pass the winter. Of the curlew sandpiper no egg has yet been found; of the knot no really authentic egg is known; and of the sanderling but very few. In this group of sandpipers occurs the spoon-billed sandpiper Eurijnorhynchits 2}ygm(eus), a little stint with a spoon-shaped bill, which nests in the arctic regions of Eastern Siberia, where Nordenskjold met with it during the voyage of the Veya, and passes along the coasts of Japan and China to winter on the shores of Burma. These birds are very closely allied to the foregoing, but are distinguished by having the outer toes connected with the middle one by a web at the base. In the Tolaiihice are included all the curlews and wliimbrels (Numenius), the godwits (Limosa), the tatlers {Tolamis), the green sandpipers (Helodromns), the summer snipes (Tringoide'i), the wood sandpipers (Rhyacophilus), and the ruffs (Pavoncella). They are mostly birds which build in northern climes and in the temperate portions of the Palfearotic and Nearctic regions. The nest is usually placed in a marsh, the eggs being pear- shaped and four in number, laid with the pointed ends directed towards each other; the green sandpiper (Hdodromas ochropus), however, nests in trees, utilising the old nest of a tlirush or some other bird in which to deposit its eggs. Tlie tatlers frequent the sea-shores o
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