. . faces and that it is fitted for running andwalking upon the long, shelving beaches over which thetides and surf roll, leaving an abundance of its particularfood. The nest of the sanderling, rudely constructed of driedgrass and decayed leaves, is placed in a depression in theground, so situated as to be protected by the natural vege-tation of the region. The eggs, usually three or four innumber, have an ashy or greenish-brown ground color, andare finely spotted with different shades of brown. The food of the sanderling consists ma
. . faces and that it is fitted for running andwalking upon the long, shelving beaches over which thetides and surf roll, leaving an abundance of its particularfood. The nest of the sanderling, rudely constructed of driedgrass and decayed leaves, is placed in a depression in theground, so situated as to be protected by the natural vege-tation of the region. The eggs, usually three or four innumber, have an ashy or greenish-brown ground color, andare finely spotted with different shades of brown. The food of the sanderling consists mainly of seaworms, small bivalve shells, and crustaceans, though it willalso eat buds and insects. It would seem as if its hungerwas never satiated — always busy, always moving. Theseexpressions describe its habits, as, with its fellows andother snipe with which it associates, it seeks its food in thewake of the retreating wave, and turning, runs before theincoming water, which seldom engulfs it. To watch theirpeculiar antics is a most interesting fig? §11 SHORE BIRDS 133 THE MARBLED GODWIT* As is the case with many of our game birds, this speciesbears a number of common names, such as the Straight-billed Curlew, the Marbled or Brown Marlin, the Red Cur-lew, and, among sportsmen, the Dough and the Doe Bird. The geographical distribution of the Marbled Godwitincludes the whole of North America, though it is infre-quent on the Atlantic coast. Its nesting range is chiefly-limited to the interior from Iowa and Nebraska northwardto the Saskatchewan. In winter it migrates to CentralAmerica, Cuba, and the northern part of South America. In company with the long-billed curlew and some spe-cies of sandpipers, it builds its nest on the grassy banksof rivers and ponds, usually in some natural , however, the nests are found on moist prai-ries, some distance from a stream. In these grass-linednests are laid the three or four bright olivaceous, drab, orc
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