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of nature's most melodious sounds. They 

 are the only members of the sand-piper family 

 that light upon the fences around a field, and 

 when they do this they will often spread their 

 long and rather narrow wings, and give their 

 quavering and sweet cry in a long-drawn-out 

 ripple. These birds are the most richly 

 plumaged of all the sand-piper family, with 

 soft, golden-yellow feathers bronzing into 

 brown and tufts of grey under the wings. 

 And at rare times Wilson's phalarope is 

 found, daintiest and most aristocratic of all 

 the waders, the female being the larger and 

 handsomer of the two. Never shoot more 

 than a pair of phalaropes. They are not to 

 be eaten, but should be mounted by a skilful 

 taxidermist. 



The best place for sand-snipe is found near 

 the big marshes and around the adjoining 

 wet country. They will be found feeding in 

 the short grass in low places, and in flocks 

 of from seven or eight to fifteen, and even 

 one hundred or more birds. A sportsman in 

 tramping around good plover country will 

 often get shots at passing flocks and at single 

 birds, especially if there are other hunters in 

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