. Birds of Michigan. Birds. Spotted Sandpiper, natural size. 121-263-(638). Aetitis iiiacularia {Linn.). ^Spotted Sandpiper; Sandpiper; Peet-weet; Spotted Tattler; Wagtail; Tip-up; Teeter Tail. Exceedingly abundant; "throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); April to Oct.; '•abundant in Monroe ; (Jerome Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); ••very abundant at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds abundantly; nests in April, on the ground, in the garden, field or woodland; eggs four, yellowish white, with spots of muddy
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. Spotted Sandpiper, natural size. 121-263-(638). Aetitis iiiacularia {Linn.). ^Spotted Sandpiper; Sandpiper; Peet-weet; Spotted Tattler; Wagtail; Tip-up; Teeter Tail. Exceedingly abundant; "throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); April to Oct.; '•abundant in Monroe ; (Jerome Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); ••very abundant at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds abundantly; nests in April, on the ground, in the garden, field or woodland; eggs four, yellowish white, with spots of muddy brown. The name. Tip-up, comes from the habit of jerking its tail which it shares with several other species. " The > oung are beautiful little things, and run about, soon after hatching, in a very sprightly manner" (L. S. Foster]. Genus NUMESIUS Long-billed Curlew. 122-264-(6-43). Numenius longirostris Wils. Long-billed Curlew; Sickle- billed Curlew. Rare; migrant; " rare near Lake Erie" (Jerome Trombley); admitted doubtfully among Michigan migrants by J. B. Steere; "breeds in the Upper Peninsula" (H Nehrling); valuable table bird. 123-265-(645). Numenins hiidsoaicus Lath. Hudsonian Curlew; Jack Curlew ; Short billed Curlew. Very rare; "only two taken to my knowledge" (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); "never seen in Monroe ; (Jerome Trombley); admitted doubtfully, by Dr. J. B. Steere among Michigan migrant?.. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916; Michigan. State college of agriculture and applied science, Lansing. Dept. of zoology and physiology. [Lansing, Mich. , R. Smith & co. , state printers and binders
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