THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



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The Peet-weet's nest is usually a little removed from the water's edge, 

 placed a few rods back among the stunted willows and rank grasses of the 

 upper sand 

 stratum of 

 the beach, or 

 else sunk 

 somewhere 

 upon a grass- 

 grown bank. 

 The birds are 

 not always 

 discreet in 

 the matter of 

 concealment , 

 and will 

 s o m etimes 

 steal to the 

 nest or visit 

 it openly, 

 while search 

 is being con- 

 ducted in the 

 i m m ediate 

 n e i ghbor- 

 hood. The 

 eggs, normal- 

 ly four in 

 number, are 

 immense for 

 the size of 

 the bird, and, 

 as a conse- 

 quence, the 

 young are so 

 well found at 

 birth that 

 they are able 

 to scamper 

 off with nev- 

 er a thought 

 for the un- 

 usually substantial cushion of leaves and 

 them in embryo. 





Taken at Cedar Point. Photo by the Author. 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



THE SET IS INCOMPLETE BUT TWO APPEAR TO MAKE A NESTFUL. 



dried grasses which has harbored 



