. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 5. Xiinieniiis Jimlsonicus. 17 in. Darker brcnvn alxive, than the Sickle-bill; crown broad-ly striped with blackisli and bnff: nnderparts grayish,streaked on the breast and barred on the sides withblackish. This and tlie succeeding species are sununcrinhabitants of the Arctic regions, being found withinour borders only for a short time in the Fall and >S])riiii:.It is found in fresh and salt water marshes, as well ason mud-flats and on sandy beaches of the are very unsuspicious and are easily stalke
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . 5. Xiinieniiis Jimlsonicus. 17 in. Darker brcnvn alxive, than the Sickle-bill; crown broad-ly striped with blackisli and bnff: nnderparts grayish,streaked on the breast and barred on the sides withblackish. This and tlie succeeding species are sununcrinhabitants of the Arctic regions, being found withinour borders only for a short time in the Fall and >S])riiii:.It is found in fresh and salt water marshes, as well ason mud-flats and on sandy beaches of the are very unsuspicious and are easily stalked, ordecoy very easily, coming to wooden caricatures of tliem-selves stuck up in the mud, or to crude imitations oftheir whistles; consequently large numbers of them areshot and they are becoming scarce. Notes.—Similar to that of the last. Nest.—Hollows in the ground, lined with grasses andweeds; eggs buffv, blotched with brownisli-black {). Range.—Breeds in the Arctic regions. Winters southof the United States, migrating both on the coast andin the SrxTti
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