. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . They are very numerous in t Ji e i r breeding haunts, and, during their migrations, fly in large compact flocks. They are not very timid, and consequently fall an easy prey to the gun-ners. Their nesting habits and eggs are the same as the last species, except thatthe eggs may average a trifle larger. Size Data.—Norton Is., Alaska, June, 1900. Nesta small hollow in the drv ground. Four , Capt. H. H. Bodflsh. Sti
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . They are very numerous in t Ji e i r breeding haunts, and, during their migrations, fly in large compact flocks. They are not very timid, and consequently fall an easy prey to the gun-ners. Their nesting habits and eggs are the same as the last species, except thatthe eggs may average a trifle larger. Size Data.—Norton Is., Alaska, June, 1900. Nesta small hollow in the drv ground. Four , Capt. H. H. Bodflsh. Stilt Sandpipeh. Micropdlanui himari-topus. Range. North America, east of the RockyMountains; breeds in the Arctic regions and win-ters from tlie Gulf States southward. In the summer, these birds may be known bythe reddish coloration of the underparts. whicliare numerously barred; they are smaller thanthe preceding, length about eight inches. Theirnesting habits are the same as tliose of the ma-jority of the members of the family. The threeor four eggs are buffy or grayish, and are blotched and spotted withbrown. Size x : ^iSL^ shades of
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