. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . PLATE VIII. —SPOTTED SANDPIPER, PLATE IX. —SPOTTED SANDPIPER, Colliers Weekly. (Photographs by Howard H. Cleaves.) BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 323 cornfield or a potato field. Often as a boy wh
. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . PLATE VIII. —SPOTTED SANDPIPER, PLATE IX. —SPOTTED SANDPIPER, Colliers Weekly. (Photographs by Howard H. Cleaves.) BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 323 cornfield or a potato field. Often as a boy while hoeing in thefield I found its antics much more interesting than my work. The Spotted Sandpiper has not diminished in numbersso much within my experience as have those species whichfrequent mainly the sea-shore. Nevertheless, there are manyplaces in eastern Massachusetts where it formerly was commonand where now it rarely is seen. Only fifteen of my Massa-chusetts correspondents report an increase of this species inthe State, while fifty-nine write of a decrease. This bird frequents the uplands away from the water morethan most of the Sandpipers, and it does not wade much whenfeeding along the shore. Still, at need, it does not hesitate towade, swim and dive. Dr. Warren notes that a young birdwhen wounded took to the water in a shallow stream, went tothe bottom like a stone, ran across on the bottom, and c
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