. Guns and gunning. o o. CHAPTER I Beach Birds WHEN the beaches begin to warm underthe Spring sun, and the fresh green of thenew grass changes the salt marshes, thebeach birds sweep northward along our are over 60 species of shore birds found inNorth America, and among them are some of ourmost highly prized game birds. The flights thatsome of these delicate looking birds make are remark-able. Some of them make the round trip from SouthAmerica to the Arctic in the course of a year. Thesnipe arrives in our Northern States between themiddle of April and the early part of May, on thei
. Guns and gunning. o o. CHAPTER I Beach Birds WHEN the beaches begin to warm underthe Spring sun, and the fresh green of thenew grass changes the salt marshes, thebeach birds sweep northward along our are over 60 species of shore birds found inNorth America, and among them are some of ourmost highly prized game birds. The flights thatsome of these delicate looking birds make are remark-able. Some of them make the round trip from SouthAmerica to the Arctic in the course of a year. Thesnipe arrives in our Northern States between themiddle of April and the early part of May, on theirway to the North, where they breed; and return inthe latter part of August, or the beginning of Sep-tember, making only a short stay. All the birds ofthis genus seem to go North to breed, and to return 11 Southward as soon as the young are able to birds are to be met with in summer or atalmost any season, but they are male birds that forsome reason have not mated, and have remained inthe warm Southland. The f
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