. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 262. Buff-breasted subniftcollis. Range.—Interior of North America, breedingfrom the Hudson Bay region to the Arctic coast. A buffy colored species, with a peculiarly mar-bled back. Size inches long. It is an uplandspecies like the last. The nests are scantily lineddepressions in the ground. The eggs have agrayish white groundand are boldly blotchedwith rich brown andchestnut with faintermarkings of lilac. x 1
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . 262. Buff-breasted subniftcollis. Range.—Interior of North America, breedingfrom the Hudson Bay region to the Arctic coast. A buffy colored species, with a peculiarly mar-bled back. Size inches long. It is an uplandspecies like the last. The nests are scantily lineddepressions in the ground. The eggs have agrayish white groundand are boldly blotchedwith rich brown andchestnut with faintermarkings of lilac. x Data.—CapeSmythe, Alaska, June,1900. 4 eggs in a hol-low in dry spot on amarsh. Collector, H. Grayish white. 263. Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularia. Range.—Whole of North America from Hudson«n*»- ,^£13 ^ay southward, breeding throughout its range. A small wader about inches in length, withbrownish gray upper parts, and white underpartsthickly spotted with blackish, especially on thebreast and flanks. This is the most abundant ofall the shore birds, and its peet-weet is a famil-iar sound to every country boy. It has a peculiarhabit of continually moving its tail up and down,when at rest on a stone or when running alongthe shore; from these characteristic actions ithas received the very common names of Teeter-tail and Tip-up. They build their nests on theground near ponds, brooks or marshes, generallyconcealing it in a tuft of grass or weeds on theshore or in the high grass at the edge of themeadows. The eggs number from three to five and are of a grayish buff color,spotted and blotched with blackish brown. The young, like those of all theshore birds, are hatched cov
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