. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. TIP-UP. TEETER-TAIL. PEET-WEET. AcrmS MACULARIA. "*Zf "liear the .hore of river or l»k. or on the margin ot a pastare, „n^r a bu,"* a".id tussock of grass or weed.,-, slight depress,o„ ""|;:'^fTo!lbT;r"rr,"spotted with dark brown; ..5 X o.,o The Peet-Weet is one of the most familiar and common of all the New England marsh-birds, arriving along our nver shores and low meadows about the beginning of May from their mild or tropical winter-quarte
. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. TIP-UP. TEETER-TAIL. PEET-WEET. AcrmS MACULARIA. "*Zf "liear the .hore of river or l»k. or on the margin ot a pastare, „n^r a bu,"* a".id tussock of grass or weed.,-, slight depress,o„ ""|;:'^fTo!lbT;r"rr,"spotted with dark brown; ..5 X o.,o The Peet-Weet is one of the most familiar and common of all the New England marsh-birds, arriving along our nver shores and low meadows about the beginning of May from their mild or tropical winter-quarters in Mexico, and probably the adjoining islands of the West Indies. By the .oth April, Wilson observed the arrival of these birds on the shor of the large rivers in the State of Pennsylvania. They and breed from the Middle States in all probability to the con- fines of the St. Lawrence or farther, but were not se n b Dr. Richardson or any of the Arctic voyagers in the remote. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Toronto : Musson
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