. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. 376 CITIZEN BIRD. â r' -Jsmsk^^' children tumbled out in their flannel bathing-suits to have a dip before breakfast. Rap, by rolling over and over on the sand, was in the water as soon as Nat ; but they did not venture out far, even though the tide was low, contenting them- selves by splashing about in shallow places. Presently Nat spied something on the stony end of the bar that stretched out at the right of the ^^g^/ . - - beach, and pointed ^^l ^ --< _ -*£?.T. it out to Kap, who said : ^' They are some sort of birds :
. Citizen bird. Scenes from bird-life in plain english for beginners. 376 CITIZEN BIRD. â r' -Jsmsk^^' children tumbled out in their flannel bathing-suits to have a dip before breakfast. Rap, by rolling over and over on the sand, was in the water as soon as Nat ; but they did not venture out far, even though the tide was low, contenting them- selves by splashing about in shallow places. Presently Nat spied something on the stony end of the bar that stretched out at the right of the ^^g^/ . - - beach, and pointed ^^l ^ --< _ -*£?.T. it out to Kap, who said : ^' They are some sort of birds : you had better get the glass, for even if we could go nearer to them, they would be sure to see us and ; Then Nat brought the glass and they each took a peep. " The bodies are like speckled Pullets', but the heads are like Pigeons' and the legs are very thin," said Rap. "See! there is a different one, ever so much nearer over on this side, but I can't make him out very well. Here comes the Doctor, all ready to go in swim- ming ; of course he can tell ; '' Those mottled birds with red legs are Turnstones," said the Doctor, after looking a moment. " They are wading shore birds, who run about the rock bars and sandy beaches, turning over small stones for the food that is hidden underneath. They very seldom come 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 Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York, The Macmillan Company
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