. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. but, ill Hunie wet grain, iu ie luttor purt lite the food ity along tlie f are univer- d'g Rtomacli, 1 a pulp. If ly nutritious; i senson mere lid be a work 3 loosened by eat ease and less they fol- ne, they seem Bsent account, leen in great is said to con- s there. Mr. md says that ng the winter onl
. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. but, ill Hunie wet grain, iu ie luttor purt lite the food ity along tlie f are univer- d'g Rtomacli, 1 a pulp. If ly nutritious; i senson mere lid be a work 3 loosened by eat ease and less they fol- ne, they seem Bsent account, leen in great is said to con- s there. Mr. md says that ng the winter only seen in y those accus- ned excellent D., n. 116. And. roovelong; wingg id underneath and irk smoky-brown, THE CUBLEW SANDPIPER. 448 with a pur])lc and violet tlnK«, MronKciit on the back and •capulam; under part* from tlio hrt-ant wliitn, jti'nprally with lim({itu(liiml spot of diirk-anliy; wiiin rovorta more or li'M edn'id and lipped with whitu; i|iiillii browniiih-l)lui'k, cdurd with whilei niiddlu tail leathorn browiiiith-black, outer tuathem iiKhtar, with tlieir nhart* white; axilluriei and under wing covert* while; bill yellow at bane, dark at tip; lega yellow. Total li>n(;th, about eixht to nine Inches; winit, Hvo; tail, two and a half; bill from Kap«, one and a quarter; tamua, one Inch; Irii orange. y/iiA. — Kantern North America; Kurope. This spocios is not unconiraou on our shoroa during the spring and autunm migrations, whoro thoy are active and busy in their search for small shell-fish, and crustaceans, which constitute their principal food. They have all the characteristics of the Spotted Sandpiper while with us, and, from their preference to rocky beaches and shores, are often tilled Rock Snipes. They proceed to the most northern portions of the continent to breed, where, according to Dr. Richardson, thoy lay four eggs, which are " pyriform, six- teen and a half lines long, and an inch across at their great- est breadth. Their color is yellowish-gra
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