. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. Upland Plover shallow water on sandy shores where their clear piping, weet, weel, or tweet, tweet, are very famihar sounds. Godwits have bills that are curved sUghtly upward, while the long bill of the Curlews is bent downward quite strongly. It is difficult for the amateur to identify the various species, but if he sees one of them he should at least recognize it as belonging to this group. 242 Least Sandpiper. Length 6 inches. These are the smallest of our shore birds and are generally seen in flocks near our waters in spring and fal
. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. Upland Plover shallow water on sandy shores where their clear piping, weet, weel, or tweet, tweet, are very famihar sounds. Godwits have bills that are curved sUghtly upward, while the long bill of the Curlews is bent downward quite strongly. It is difficult for the amateur to identify the various species, but if he sees one of them he should at least recognize it as belonging to this group. 242 Least Sandpiper. Length 6 inches. These are the smallest of our shore birds and are generally seen in flocks near our waters in spring and fall, but in the summer most of them go farther north to breed. The colors of the upper parts are browns and black; under parts white, the breast being streaked with brown. M. and 261 Upland Plover. Bartramian Sandpiper. Length ii| inches. This bird lives on our prairies and is seldom found near the water. Its presence in the neighborhood may be known by its loud, prolonged, weird, whistling cry, — chr—r-r-r-ee-e-e-e-e-o-o-o-o-ee. May be recog- nized by its peculiar appearance when alighting: it stretches its wings high over its back as if to smooth every feather before gently folding them. A popular game bird. Is of great value as an insect destroyer, but has been almost extermi- nated by hunters. Colors, brown and buff above; creamy white below, much spotted with dark brown. Common 263 Spotted Sandpiper. Length 75 inches. In summer this is the principal sand- piper near our rivers, lakes, and ponds. A rapid runner and a comical teeterer. Its sharp peet-weet is given when flushed. Brownish gray back; white under parts much spotted with black. Very common Spotted Sandplper. 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 Schmidt, Charles Christian, 1859-. Boston, New York [etc. ] D. C. Heath
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