. The Auk. Birds. ^°'i9i2'^'^] Moore, Least Sandpiper in the Magdalen Islands. 215 piper and would incline one to believe they lacked individuality. Quite the opposite was true; each one was highly individualized, so that it could be distinguished easily by some marked trait. For instance, one bird on leaving the nest invariably ran directly towards me, no matter from what direction I came or how close I was, and walked about my feet in imminent danger of being trod SONG RECORDS. Kll\\^XlUU. pe-dee pe-de^ pit-dit fhi^ctftitt pc- /-- 216 CALL RECORDS 1^ /-lc0 2Syd 2^ J=l38z8va ^^'^'
. The Auk. Birds. ^°'i9i2'^'^] Moore, Least Sandpiper in the Magdalen Islands. 215 piper and would incline one to believe they lacked individuality. Quite the opposite was true; each one was highly individualized, so that it could be distinguished easily by some marked trait. For instance, one bird on leaving the nest invariably ran directly towards me, no matter from what direction I came or how close I was, and walked about my feet in imminent danger of being trod SONG RECORDS. Kll\\^XlUU. pe-dee pe-de^ pit-dit fhi^ctftitt pc- /-- 216 CALL RECORDS 1^ /-lc0 2Syd 2^ J=l38z8va ^^'^' ;" ""' 7.„ ^f.„ upon, if I confined my attention to the camera. Though two others were much tamer, neither showed this surprising trait. The action was not threatening, but anxious or merely nervous. A second bird developed a habit of lifting the grasses, we trod down about its nest, a third was quite shy and two others were extremely tame. Furthermore the flight songs of the three brooders I heard sing, were characteristically different and easily distinguishable. Discovering how guileless the two tame parents were, I naturally devoted most of my time to them. One was the owner of the Eel-grass nest in the marsh, the other of the grass nest in the field. This bird hereafter designated the "marsh bird," was disclosed to us by a village boy, who was trying to catch her with his cap, a trick which he probably would have accomplished. Even while. 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 original American Ornithologists' Union. Washington, D. C. : American Ornithologists' Union, etc.
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