. British birds with their nests and eggs . cc CL DuQZ< QtiJh <UJ 03 I u. DCD ^ 1. uu Q- QuOZ<CO 2<trha:<CQ \ BartramS Sandpiper. 47 a few odd black spots on the breast. Length 7J to 8 inches; closed wing5A to 5f. Young birds are rather smaller, lighter beneath, and have the mottlings andblotchings on the inner web of the primaries in the form of minute frecklings,upon greyish-white. According to Murdoch (U. S. Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska) the nestconsists of a shallow cup, lined with moss, in the drier uplands of the four, very handsome; ground colour clay-bu
. British birds with their nests and eggs . cc CL DuQZ< QtiJh <UJ 03 I u. DCD ^ 1. uu Q- QuOZ<CO 2<trha:<CQ \ BartramS Sandpiper. 47 a few odd black spots on the breast. Length 7J to 8 inches; closed wing5A to 5f. Young birds are rather smaller, lighter beneath, and have the mottlings andblotchings on the inner web of the primaries in the form of minute frecklings,upon greyish-white. According to Murdoch (U. S. Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska) the nestconsists of a shallow cup, lined with moss, in the drier uplands of the four, very handsome; ground colour clay-bufif, less commonly olivaceous orcold grey, boldly spotted and blotched with neutral tint and dark brown-black;length nearly ij inch by about i inch. The males seem to do a little gentlefighting at pairing time, and have a habit of holding one wing erect in the airat the same period. A quiet unobtrusive bird, feeding on beetles and other insects, and gettingvery fat in autumn; therefore sought after on migration for the table. Verysilent too, apparently, only uttering at intervals a f
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