. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE AVOCET. 5()9 The Common Sandpiper, or Summer Snipe, is a well-known visitor to northern Europe, and has derived its name of Summer Snipe from its habit of remaining there only during the summer months, arriving about April or May and leaving before October. The Stilt Sandpiper {Micropalma Ivimantopus) is a native American bird. It is not observed west of the Rocky Mountains, and is rather rare in the United States. In the West Indies, Central America, and the most of South America it
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE AVOCET. 5()9 The Common Sandpiper, or Summer Snipe, is a well-known visitor to northern Europe, and has derived its name of Summer Snipe from its habit of remaining there only during the summer months, arriving about April or May and leaving before October. The Stilt Sandpiper {Micropalma Ivimantopus) is a native American bird. It is not observed west of the Rocky Mountains, and is rather rare in the United States. In the West Indies, Central America, and the most of South America it occurs. It breeds in high latitudes, and is occasionally taken in New England during the migrating season. Dr. Coues says of it: " This is a very remarkable Sandpiper, connecting this group with the true snipes by means of MacrorJiamphus, with which its relationsliips are very close. Its pattern of coloration and changes of plumage are much as in M. griseus. The bill is quite snipe-like, though shorter; the legs are very long, relatively exceeding those of Macrorham- plius, and there are two basal =^ webs to the toes, as in Ereunetesy The Avocet is one of the most remai'kable among Euro- pean birds, and is easily recogniz- able by its long, curiously-curved beak, and its boldly pied plum- age. The Avocet is not a common bird in nortliem countries of Europe, and is now but seldom seen, though in former days it used to be tolerably plentiful on the sea-coasts and in marshy lands. The long and oddly- curved beak is very slender and pointed, and from its peculiar shape has earned for its owner the name of Cobbler's Awl Bird. While obtaining its food the Avocet scoops the mud with its beak, leaving sundry unmistak- able marks behind ; and is called in some countries the Scooper. The food of the Avocet consists almost wholly of worms, insects, and little crustaceans ; and while the bird is engaged in the search after these creatures it paddles over the oozy mud with its webbed
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