. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . nAfrica is found from the Mediterranean to the Cape ofGood Hope. In the British islands the Greenshank isa rather wary bird, and can be approached when feed-ing only with difficulty. It is said to resemble theAvocet in the manner of procuring its food, placing thebill upon the surface of the water and swinging it fromside to side, leaving a
. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . nAfrica is found from the Mediterranean to the Cape ofGood Hope. In the British islands the Greenshank isa rather wary bird, and can be approached when feed-ing only with difficulty. It is said to resemble theAvocet in the manner of procuring its food, placing thebill upon the surface of the water and swinging it fromside to side, leaving a zigzag line traced upon the mudat the bottom. This species swallows water insectsand their larvae, small beetles, tadpoles, and sometimesfish and frog spawn, worms and small fish. The nestis a depression in the grass in marshy ground, and theeggs are buffy white, spotted with dark brown, withunderlying markings of purplish brown. TOTAJVUS LITTOREUS. Habitat.—Old World. Accidental in Florida. Breeds in Siberia fromlatitude 60° to 66°. Adult in Spring Plumage.—Head, neck, scapulars and back, stripedwith black on a gray ground, and with the margin of feathers white; wing-coverts, dark brown, some edged with white ; primaries, blackish brown, 120. 3S. European Greenshank. EUROPEAN GREENSHANK. 121 shaft of first white; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, white, thelatter barred irregularly with black ; central tail-feathers gray, barred withdusky, remainder pure white, the two next the central pair barred withblack; entire under surface, white, neck and breast spotted with black;bill, black; legs and feet, olive green. Length, 1454 inches; culmen, 2^ ;wing, lYz; tarsus, 2^. Adult in Winter.—Above, pale ash gray, the feathers edged with white;forehead, white; lores and center of forehead, dusky black; under sur-face, pure white. SOLITARY SANDPIPER. T^HE Solitary Sandpiper, or Wood Tattler, isamigra-^ tory species in the United States. It breeds withinthe limits of the U
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