. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Grayish white. 268. Spotted Sandpiper. Aetitit macularia. Range.—Whole of North America from Hudson Bay southward, breeding throughout Its range. A small wader about Inches in length, with brownish gray upper parts, and white underparts thickly spotted with blackish, especially on the breast and flanks. This is the most abundant of all the shore birds, and Us "peet-weet" Is a famil- iar sound
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Grayish white. 268. Spotted Sandpiper. Aetitit macularia. Range.—Whole of North America from Hudson Bay southward, breeding throughout Its range. A small wader about Inches in length, with brownish gray upper parts, and white underparts thickly spotted with blackish, especially on the breast and flanks. This is the most abundant of all the shore birds, and Us "peet-weet" Is a famil- iar sound to every country boy. It has a peculiar habit of continually moving its tall up and down, when at rest on a stone or when running along the shore; from these characteristic actions It has received the very common names of "Teeter- tall" and "; They build their nests on the grour)) near ponds, brooks or marshes, generally conce^4ing it In a tuft of grass or weeds on the shore or in the high grass at the edge of tho meadows. The eggs number from three to five and are of a grayish buff color, spotted and blotched with blackish brown. The young, like those of all the shore birds, are hatched covered with down, and run about as soon as born They are anxiously attended by the parents and at the least sign of danger, conceal themselves beneath a tuft of grass or behind a small stone, where they remain perfectly motionless until called by the old b'rds. The adults frequently attempt to lead an en- emy away from the young by feigning a broken ' wing, or lameness. Size of eggs Data.— Parker County, May 22, 1901. Nest about six yards from bank of creek, among weeds on a sand bar; a hollow in the sand lined with weeds. Collec- tor, Winfi«ld 8. Catlin. ^^^ Buff-braasted Sandpiper. Spotted in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and a
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