. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 150 NBBTa AND BOGS OF 263. SPOTTED SANDPIFEB. ActUi8 macularia (Linn.) Qeog. Diet.—North and South America and West Indies. Winters chiefly south of the United States. The familiar little Spotted Sandpiper is an extremely abundant bird throughout North America, breeding everywhere. It winters in the Southern States and be- yond. Every lazy flsherman and idle school boy, who has whiled away many a balmy and hot summer day along the banks of streams, knows this bird well by the bobbing and tilting mo
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 150 NBBTa AND BOGS OF 263. SPOTTED SANDPIFEB. ActUi8 macularia (Linn.) Qeog. Diet.—North and South America and West Indies. Winters chiefly south of the United States. The familiar little Spotted Sandpiper is an extremely abundant bird throughout North America, breeding everywhere. It winters in the Southern States and be- yond. Every lazy flsherman and idle school boy, who has whiled away many a balmy and hot summer day along the banks of streams, knows this bird well by the bobbing and tilting movements of its body und tail, and its peculiar note, peet-treet, pivt-uat, as it flies up and down and across the streams. It is known by many a curious nickname: "Teeter-tall," "Tip-up," "Sandlark," "Peet-weet" and others which generally refer to some eccentricity of the bird. The eggs are creamy, buff or clay color, blotched, spotted and dotted with blackish-brown; usually four in number, and measure about by .92. The nest of this Sandpiper is made on the ground, generally in the shelter of high weeds or grass on a sandy island or border of a cultivated meadow, near water and often at a considerable (ustance from any water. It is simply a d^^pression in the soil, sometimes constructed with hay and moss. The eggs like all those of the lay in the nests with the small ends together. ir^ 264. LONG-BILLED CURLEW. Sumaiiux Umijinixtris Wils. Geog. Dist.— Temperate North America, migrates south to Guatemala and the West Indies. The large Sickle-bill is of irregular distribution in temperate North America,. « * EnnoPKAN CuKLEW, Nnmeniut arquutut. Similar in cut to the Lonir-bllled Curlew. (From Brehm).. 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 Davie,
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