rut: TII;S STONE. 





The transparent whit.- of their wing* contrast* with th.-ir jt-tty tip-. :m<l U .-in i. h.-l b\ tin* 

 ul hue of tin- bill, while the Iwautiful white <.f th.-ir lower parta has a \.-r\ pleasing 



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n^wr) IN anot In -r Am.-rican 



Tin handx'in.-ly pliim.-l TruxvmxK is, though :i little bird, s,, U.l.lly deooratd with 

 blurk. white. ami rudd\ nniiii.'!'. that it is inoit- rnn>|iii-ii<iu.s II|KIM tin- cua.st than hinl.s <if 

 <i<ilile its size. 



Th> niinif is (Wivi-d fmm its m.. \.-im-ni- \\ li. n f<-Hling, at which tiniw* it runs along tin- 



bM-h. pifkiiiLr up sumlliM|iiiTs. mariiic worms, and other creatures, and turning over tin- 



i.- in iis ,-,.iirs,. f,,r (In- ]nir|>oae of g'ttin>t at tin- small crtutaoea that are generally found 



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in snch situations. This bird is spread over a considerable portion of the world, and is fonnd 

 even in Northi-rn America, where it retains the same habits which <listin>fiiish it in Europe. 

 According to Wilson, it feeds almost wholly, during May and June, on the spawn of the king- 

 crab, and is known by the name of the Horse-foot Snipe, the king-crab being popularly called 

 the horse-foot crab. It runs with some spe^l, l>ut not the rapidity that characterizes many 

 shore-loving birds, and spends some time in examining any spot of ground to which it has t.-ik- n 

 a fancy, tossing the pebbles from side to side, and picking np the unfortunate being that may 

 have lain nndi-r tlu-ir sht-lti-r. 



The neat of this binl is situated upon the coast, and the l>irl is very valiant in ite attacks 

 upon the L'ulN which approach too near its horn*-. A nest found by Mr. Hewitaon "was placed 

 against a ledge of rock, a IK 1 consist-.| of nothing more than the drooping leaves of the junior- 

 I'li-h. under a creeping branch, by which the i-inr*. four in ninnt>-i. \M-n- snuirly concealed, 

 and admirably shi-lt-r-<l from tin- many st,,rm 8 by which these bleak and exposed rocks are 

 visited, allowing just sumcient room for the bird to cover them. The several n>--t> that we 

 examined were placed in the sami- situation as the one described, with the exception of two. 

 in- of which was under a slanting stom-. tin- other n the bare rock; all the nests contained 



