. The birds about us. Birds. 208 The Birds About Us. within the Hmits of our villages. I have seen it along roadsides very often, but never so tame as in a vil- lage in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, where it fol- lowed a little creek that passed through the place, and ran under a simple bridge and was not disturbed by passing teams. It would leave the water and skurry over the dusty wagon-tracks, dodging the horses as do the English sparrows, and when in- duced to fly, only moved a few yards away. The Solitary Sand-piper, a little larger and darker- colored bird than the preceding, is another s
. The birds about us. Birds. 208 The Birds About Us. within the Hmits of our villages. I have seen it along roadsides very often, but never so tame as in a vil- lage in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, where it fol- lowed a little creek that passed through the place, and ran under a simple bridge and was not disturbed by passing teams. It would leave the water and skurry over the dusty wagon-tracks, dodging the horses as do the English sparrows, and when in- duced to fly, only moved a few yards away. The Solitary Sand-piper, a little larger and darker- colored bird than the preceding, is another species that leaves what might be considered its proper haunts and comes very close to civilization. The name " solitary" is not altogether a well-chosen one. These birds appear in spring, and we often see a con- siderable number of them together. They are then usually about the wet meadows, and have a decided fancy for newly-ploughed fields where water lies in the furrows; and again, it is noth- ing unusual for one to be sur- prised in or very near a barn-yard, hunting for in- sects in the very black, fetid, and repulsive pools. I have often been surprised at the actions of these birds when startled and forced to leave a spot to which they have been attracted. With a flirt of their slender wings they dart off", and gradually rise to an immense height and sometimes. Solitary Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Abbott, Charles C. (Charles Conrad), 1843-1919. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
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