. . iilOXlMUll! I I lllll SHORE BIRDS 129 The note is deep, hollow, and resonant, but at the sametime liquid and musical, and may be represented by a repe-tition of the syllables too-u, too-u, too-u, too-u, bird may frequently be seen running along the groundclose to the female, its enormous sac inflated. Mr. Murdock says the birds breed in abundance at PointBarrow, Alaska, and that the nest is always built in thegrass, with a preference for high and dry localities. Thenest was like that of the other waders — a depression i
. . iilOXlMUll! I I lllll SHORE BIRDS 129 The note is deep, hollow, and resonant, but at the sametime liquid and musical, and may be represented by a repe-tition of the syllables too-u, too-u, too-u, too-u, bird may frequently be seen running along the groundclose to the female, its enormous sac inflated. Mr. Murdock says the birds breed in abundance at PointBarrow, Alaska, and that the nest is always built in thegrass, with a preference for high and dry localities. Thenest was like that of the other waders — a depression in theground, lined with a little dry grass. The eggs are four,of pale purplish-gray and light neutral tint. It is some-times called Grass Snipe. THE LEAST SANDPIPER* This lively, social little Sandpiper is common through-out America, nesting in the Arctic regions. It is migra-torj^ arriving the last of INIarch to the first of May, a fewoccasionally remaining until November. It has been foundbreeding as far south as Sable Island, Nova Scotia, butits usual bre
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