. American game birds . as they commonly breed throughout the United States and Canada even in the vicinity of habitations and arc so very con-fiding, they become so well known and ad-mired that only an ingrate would shoot them. They nest among grass or clumps of weeds anywhere, not necessarily near water. They live almost wholly upon aquatic or field insects and are useful birds economically. To a greater extent than any other of our shore birds they have the habit of almost incessantly teetering or bowing whenever they are standing, a habit that causes the country boy to almost universally k
. American game birds . as they commonly breed throughout the United States and Canada even in the vicinity of habitations and arc so very con-fiding, they become so well known and ad-mired that only an ingrate would shoot them. They nest among grass or clumps of weeds anywhere, not necessarily near water. They live almost wholly upon aquatic or field insects and are useful birds economically. To a greater extent than any other of our shore birds they have the habit of almost incessantly teetering or bowing whenever they are standing, a habit that causes the country boy to almost universally know them as Tip-ups or Teeter-tails. As usual with all birds of this order, the young are hatched covered with down, and leave the nest and follow their mother about almost as soon asthey emerge from the eggs. WANDERING TATTLER {Heteraditisincanus). This is a slate-gray and whitespecies occurring on the Pacific coast, butnever in any abundance. They breed onthe Alaskan coast and winter on the shoresof Lower buff-breasted sandpiper spotted sandpiper (winter: summer)
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