. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . iefly plain ashy above and white about ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, ; tarsus thesame. This large, stout Tattler, known at a glance by itswhite-mirrored, black-lined wings and blue legs, is oneof the few species of the great family Scolopacidcswhich regularly and plentifully summer in some portionof New England, though more frequently observedduring spring and fall than at any other season of theyear. 234 SCOLOPACID/E : SNIPE, ETC. The nest is placed near the water of some secludedpool, or in the
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . iefly plain ashy above and white about ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, ; tarsus thesame. This large, stout Tattler, known at a glance by itswhite-mirrored, black-lined wings and blue legs, is oneof the few species of the great family Scolopacidcswhich regularly and plentifully summer in some portionof New England, though more frequently observedduring spring and fall than at any other season of theyear. 234 SCOLOPACID/E : SNIPE, ETC. The nest is placed near the water of some secludedpool, or in the midst of a marsh, whether fresh or salt,in a tussock of grass or rushes. It is a rude structure,of the simplest materials, raised a little way from theground, and with a shallow indentation. The eggs arevery variable in all respects. As to size and shape, thefollowing measurements show the differences : ; X ; X ; X ; ; averaging about X They are lesspointedly pyriform than the eggs of the smaller Tattlers. Fig. 53.—Head of Natural size. and Sandpipers. The ground is sometimes brov/nish-olive, or drab, or clay-color; sometimes, again, quitebuffy-brown ; in a few cases greenish or spotting is bold and distinct, but little massed evenat the greater end, where, though the spots are largestand most numerous, they generally remain spots are mostly clean-edged and sharp, of mod-erate size, but sometimes quite fine and are of various umber-brown shades, and accom-panied with the usual obsolete shell-markings. Under ordinary circumstances Willets are notoriouslyrestless, wary, and noisy birds; but their nature is SYMPH. SEMIPALMATA : SEMIPALMATED TATTLER. 235 changed, or, at any rate, held in abeyance, during andfor a short time after incubation. Tliey cease theircries, grow less uneasy, become gentle, if still suspic-ious, and may generally be seen stalking quietly about
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