. Game birds. Life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls . UPLAND PLOVEROrder^LiMicoL-E Family— Genus—Bartramia Species—Loncicauda National Association of Audubon Societies. ^rtSq^js^, t I ,? ij pu o QP ri Snipe, Sandpipers, etc. ^<ws^^—Eastern North America, nesting within the Arctic Circle,wintering from Florida and the Gulf States to Brazil and —Spring and autumn migrant, May; July to October. From the Arctic Circle to Peru is surely a journey to warrantfrequent and long breaks; but only rarely do we hear of a small,open fl
. Game birds. Life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls . UPLAND PLOVEROrder^LiMicoL-E Family— Genus—Bartramia Species—Loncicauda National Association of Audubon Societies. ^rtSq^js^, t I ,? ij pu o QP ri Snipe, Sandpipers, etc. ^<ws^^—Eastern North America, nesting within the Arctic Circle,wintering from Florida and the Gulf States to Brazil and —Spring and autumn migrant, May; July to October. From the Arctic Circle to Peru is surely a journey to warrantfrequent and long breaks; but only rarely do we hear of a small,open flock of these tireless travellers resting awhile on the sandflats of our coast or the muddy channels of the rivers inland tofortify themselves with a square meal before continuing theirrapid flight. Like most birds that spend part of their lives atleast in Arctic desolation, these sandpipers, not knowing man,have little fear of him, being of the same gentle, confiding dispo-sition, apparently, as the dowitchers, with which they may some-times be found, lured by the sportsmans decoys. Four birds,watched on a Long Island beach, were wading about in a poolleft by the receding tide; and as they tipped forward, thrustingt
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