. Birds and nature . hroughout their North American ran^ewhere they are chiefly found, during thesummer season, chiefly east of the RockyMountains and as far north as NovaScotia and Alaska. In the winter, how-ever, they migrate southward even asfar as Brazil and Peru. They are muchmore abundant, at the present time, inthe western portion of their range. Theywere formerly very common in the east-ern states, especially in New , however, they have been so tire-lessly hunted by men who think of noth-ing but their own desires, that they havebeen nearly exterminated or driven toless fre
. Birds and nature . hroughout their North American ran^ewhere they are chiefly found, during thesummer season, chiefly east of the RockyMountains and as far north as NovaScotia and Alaska. In the winter, how-ever, they migrate southward even asfar as Brazil and Peru. They are muchmore abundant, at the present time, inthe western portion of their range. Theywere formerly very common in the east-ern states, especially in New , however, they have been so tire-lessly hunted by men who think of noth-ing but their own desires, that they havebeen nearly exterminated or driven toless frequented fields in the west. Theyare now much more abundant in thegreat plains and areas watered by theMissouri and other streams of the Miss-issippi region. They are usually seen insmall companies or brood groups, ratherthan in gregarious swarms as are some ofthe other sandpipers. They are like theplovers, when in their feeding grounds,silent, very watchful and quite shy whenthey witness the approach of man. How- 170.
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