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name will sometimes catch sight of you, and will 

 rouse every living thing within one hundred yards 

 by its persistent " yelping." Still, on the marshes, 

 and along the coast during the winter, it is the 

 means of saving the life of many a bird when 

 shooting is in progress ; for, being ever on the 



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alert, it gives its alarm-note at the instant danger 

 is seen, much to the annoyance of sportsmen who 

 may be trying to stalk other birds. Probably 

 through having been the cause of ruining much 

 good sport, the marshmen speak of these Red- 

 shanks as "them cussed yelpers." 



