. British birds with their nests and eggs . - song when perched on the top of a boulder, or otherelevation. I cannot tell whether the male or the female, or both, utter this prettiestof all Limicoline birds songs. I watched for an hour, or more, a number of thesebirds feeding in a small marsh (they were not nesting there, though it was theseason for eggs), and during this time one or more would be vocalising at thesame moment, but I did not care to disturb the party to settle the point. ( t u. a:mS2 D cc UJ a. a. Q z< -Icc D O z2 D < D-a The Curlew Sandpiper. 33 Family—SCOL OP A C/D/E. C
. British birds with their nests and eggs . - song when perched on the top of a boulder, or otherelevation. I cannot tell whether the male or the female, or both, utter this prettiestof all Limicoline birds songs. I watched for an hour, or more, a number of thesebirds feeding in a small marsh (they were not nesting there, though it was theseason for eggs), and during this time one or more would be vocalising at thesame moment, but I did not care to disturb the party to settle the point. ( t u. a:mS2 D cc UJ a. a. Q z< -Icc D O z2 D < D-a The Curlew Sandpiper. 33 Family—SCOL OP A C/D/E. Curlew Sandpiper. Tnnoa subarquata, GuLDENSTADT. SINCE the Knots egg was taken by our American cousins* (and was laid inconfinement in the Lilford aviaries), the Curlew Sandpiper has been theonly mysterious stranger left—until last year (1897), when Mr. Popham has solvedthe mystery by the discovery of the nest at the mouth of the Yenesei River. The name Curlew, and its Latin equivalent Subarquata, refer to acharacteristic of this bird, the comparatively long and decurved bill, visible to theeye, assisted by a field-glass, at a considerable distance. The Curlew Sandpiper breeds in northern circumpolar regions, the exact limitsof its distribution being as yet unknown. When these have been more thoroughlyexplored, the present species, the Sanderling, Knot, and other comparativelycommon birds, of which the eggs are still extremely rare, will probably be foundbreeding in considerable col
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