. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . that itmakes a direct flight across the Gulf. Formerly it came inimmense flights to Louisiana and Texas, and from northernTexas to North Dakota multitudes remained to breed. Ap-parently there are no records of this species in sprin
. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . that itmakes a direct flight across the Gulf. Formerly it came inimmense flights to Louisiana and Texas, and from northernTexas to North Dakota multitudes remained to breed. Ap-parently there are no records of this species in spring east ofCuba, which suggests the probability that about all the in-dividuals come north through Central America, some goingeast through Yucatan, Cuba and Florida, while the majoritycross the Gulf and go up the Mississippi valley. This bird is a valuable ally of the farmer. It feeds onlocusts, grasshoppers, cutworms and other enemies of grassand other crops. During the Locust invasions in NebraskaProfessor Aughey found this species among the most useful indestroying the insects and saving the crops, for at that time itwas abundant and correspondingly useful. It came in largeflocks in spring and did great service on locust-infested farms. 320 GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (Tryngites subruficollis).Local name: Hill Length. — to 8 inches. Adult. — Colored similarly to the Upland Plover, but smaller, rather palerand less marked on breast and sides; dark brown or blackish above;feathers edged with brownish yellow, giving the bird a general tawnyappearance; primary and secondary wing feathers dusky brown, darken-ing toward tips and light tipped; tail shading like that of the UplandPlover from the dark brown middle feathers to the light brownishyellow outer ones, all with a sub terminal bar of blackish and tippedwith whitish; below light buff; slightly spotted on sides of breast;iris dark brown; bill blackish; legs greenish or yel
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