THE " PEEPS'' 153 



THE " PEEPS." 

 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPEE. 



(Ereunetes pusillus.) 



LEAST SANDPIPEE. 



Actodromas minutilla.) 



WHITE-BUMPED SANDPIPEE. 



(Actodromas fuscicollis.) 



What will become of the beginners in the 

 art of wing shooting when the little " Sand- 

 peep V gentle "peet-weet" is no more to be 

 heard along the muddy banks of our marshes 

 and tide-waters? This is a grave question for 

 coming generations to solve, for the poor per- 

 secuted little "peep" furnishes the object les- 

 son in the very first school the kindergarten, 

 as it were of the shotgun crank's education. 



Gentle, confiding and unsuspicious in their 

 nature, their trustful simplicity is the cause of 

 great loss of life among their close-flying flocks. 

 The small boy with his ancient musket has 

 wrought great havoc in their ranks, and even 

 the older gunner sometimes takes a post-gradu- 



