. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . ted with black and white ; under parts Distribution: Nearly cosmopolitan. In America a few winter in Texas and California, and from there southward to Range: Arctic and subarctic Season: June 15 to July : A slight depression in ground ; lined with : 3 or 4 ; greenish buffy, speckled with brown. Size X Th
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . ted with black and white ; under parts Distribution: Nearly cosmopolitan. In America a few winter in Texas and California, and from there southward to Range: Arctic and subarctic Season: June 15 to July : A slight depression in ground ; lined with : 3 or 4 ; greenish buffy, speckled with brown. Size X The Sanderling inhabits the entire American con-tinent, and may be found during spring and fall mi-grations picking up its food on nearly every salt-waterbeach. It follows closely in the wake of each recedingwave, scampering out of the way of the returning waterwith swiftness and dainty grace. This game of tag withthe ocean would seem to be as much for fun as for food,for I have often watched them as they ran back andforth after the waves for several minutes without pick- BIRDS FOUND ALONG THE BEACHES 69 Ing up anything. In California the Sanderling fre-quently remains all winter and adds to the delights. 248. Sanderling. A game of tag with the ocean. of a stroll along the beach. Not especially shy, it willpermit one to come within twenty feet of it, and it paysno attention to any observer seated on the sand. 254. GREATER YELLOW-LEGS. — Totanus melanoleucus. Family : The Snipes and Sandpipers. Length: Adults in Summer: Upper parts black, streaked and spotted with white and gray ; tail and upper tail-coverts white, barred with black ; middle of belly white ; rest of under parts white, spotted or barred with black ; throat streaked light and dark in Winter: Similar, but upper parts dark gray, mottled with white; under parts white, finely speckled with gray on throat and upper : Similar to winter adults, but white of plumage tinged with
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