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SHOKE BIRDS. 



ern interior of N. A. where it is abundant ; migrates south 

 in Aug. but on its way south appears to be nowhere com- 

 mon ; once not very uncommon on the hills on or near the 

 coast of N. E. but now seldom seen there. Flight, rapid but 

 rather flitting. Call note, a clear whistle, given as the bird 

 flies. Winters in S. A. ; comes north in May when very sel- 

 dom, if ever, found on the Atlantic coast. 



p. Tilting Sandpipers. Actitis. 



Small, rather short-beaked, short-legged sandpipers 

 with outer toes conspicuously webbed, and which tilt fre- 

 quently when moving on the ground, fig. 100. 



1. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. A. macularis, 7.50; bill, 

 .95; white beneath marked with rounded spots of dusky; 

 broad band through under side of wing, conspicuous in 

 flight, white ; above, ashy-brown, glossed with greenish, 

 banded, streaked, and spotted with dusky ; bill, yellowish- 

 brown ; feet, yellow ; tail, tipped with white and outer feath- 

 ers banded with same, fig. 100. Winter, differs in being 

 without dusky markings above ( excepting on wing coverts), 

 and below. Young, differ from last in having buff bandings 

 on wings and tail. Downy young, yellowish-gray above with 

 a narrow black line down back and one on either side of 

 head; white beneath. Breeds throughout temperate N. A. 

 nesting both on the Fig. 100. 



coast and in the inte- 

 rior ; common. Flight 

 direct, but slow, wing 

 beats short and jerky, 

 the wing tips being 

 held below the level of 

 the body; in passing 

 over water it is apt to 

 fly close to the surface. 









Call note, " Fcef -ivcet \V 

 iveet weef"' ^ ratherv^y 



shrill, but quite- mu- 

 sical. Rather solitary, 

 or at best found in 



G-, D, p, 1. 1-4. 



