. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. s^ I -A â ? I i ^ s I. i'if*!^" f â i I I I! I It' i; I PURPLK SANDPII'KR. WINTER SNIPE ROCK SNII'E. Tkixcja m.\riii.\i\. CllAK. Distinguished frniii oiIilt Sandpipers by its sliort legs, short thiclv ljod\', and darl< color. Adult in summer : upi)Lr parts brownish grav, darker on tlie back, which is spotted with rufous and Ijut'tisli white ; rum]) and ccntial tail-feather-i dull bro
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. s^ I -A â ? I i ^ s I. i'if*!^" f â i I I I! I It' i; I PURPLK SANDPII'KR. WINTER SNIPE ROCK SNII'E. Tkixcja m.\riii.\i\. CllAK. Distinguished frniii oiIilt Sandpipers by its sliort legs, short thiclv ljod\', and darl< color. Adult in summer : upi)Lr parts brownish grav, darker on tlie back, which is spotted with rufous and Ijut'tisli white ; rum]) and ccntial tail-feather-i dull brown, outer tail-t'eatliers asliv grav ; wings grayish brown , under parts gray, paler on the belly ; throat and breast tliicklv spotted with dark brown. In winter the uj^per parts arc jiurplish ash, and the lireast ashy brown or mouse gray ; the belly white. Length variable, averaging about S^^ mches. Usually amid a tuft of grass near a rocky sea-sliore, but often on high jiills; generally a little hollow scraped in the soil and lined with some moss or leaves ; but nests have been found composed of dried grass and sunk quite deep in the ground. j'v;'.;''^- 4; P'llc olive, green or dull buff, marked with lilac and brown ; X The I'urple Sandpiper is another of those wandering species common to the cold regions of both continents, confining its visits ])rinci]ially to the rocky and shelving sea-coasts, where it obtains in more abundance the minute Crustacea, moUusca, and the fry of shell-fish which adhere commonly to the sea- weeds or J^//(i in snch situations ; and so peculiar is this iiabit that in Holland, where it is now common, it has only appeared with the existence and advancement of the artificial moles which have been built. In Norway along the rocky. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the
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