SANDPIPERS. 



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notes, a kind of love song as the bird ad- 

 vances with down-curved pinions and rapid 

 wing-beats. Occurs throughout eastern N. 

 A. breeding north of the U. S.; comes south 

 from middle of July until Nov.; winters 

 from N. C. throu^rh the Bahamas and W. I. 



Fig. 135 



Kiildeer. 1-3. 



to S. A.; north in May. Stragglers of this 

 species and of a number of other sandpipers 

 that usually go north of us are often found 

 in Mass. all summer. Sportsmen en 11 this 

 species, Peep, Bhick-legged Peep and Sand 

 Peep. 



