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M l-irds Tli.- nml.- I. i p I U a \ . T\ clo md will 



almost suffer himself to l>e tioddrn upon Kefore In- will leave tin- 



then he flutters along in front of one's 1 .me dis 



tam-e as it \\ , Minded. in;ik in- .|Ucakili;f noise. In-thru 



- in tin- air itn-l is joim-d l,\ tin- female, who has i 



in some .lamp spot not far .ti'. they tin n fly around in 

 68, an- 1 arc - -HM -I hues joined l.y two or three ..fli.-r 

 |halaro|H-v M..st xanilj>ijM-rs or \va.|.-rs IKIM- a |oii<l wlii-tl. 

 I'tit tin- jlialai-o|f i-> a M-ry ijiiit-t Kirl. ami it has only \\< 

 n..t.- which ran I..- In-anl only do.s,- to it. It soini.U 8O1 



thing like the coo of a dove or tin- bark of a large dog a long 



way off This is tin- only note I I-VIT ln-anl tln-ni utt.-r. !.- 



( ii-ak tht-y niakr wlu-n IYi^ht-nrl oti' tin- i 

 Wln-ii t't-filin^ or s\\ ininiini; alnmt tin- sloughs tln-y art- \.-iy 

 tain.-, ami will allow you to a|.j roach within tiv.- or sj\ yar-U 

 Iw-fon- taking flight or running 1'nrthcr away 



ilt-ct'il a rim- si-rii-s of ^s >)' tin- \\'ils..n s ])halaroj;c. 

 Th.-y arc almost as laruf ftfl --^s ,,|' tin- sj,(,tt.-.| samlpijicr. ami 

 a\. ra-.- I .'J.'ixO !(. Tin- ^roiiml colour varies from pair day t 

 I'l-ounish <lral>, ami is heavily o\vrlai<l with spots, lilotdi.-s 

 ainl scratches of In-own ami Mack, n-mimlin^ om- of tin- 

 ptarnii-an s .-^ in style of colouring. They ha\e the power 



to l-'-llloVe their e^^ jf flley ha\e 1.,-ell lialK I !< 1. Oll.llllle 



the lOtli, I foil ml a in-st of Wilson's phalarope. at Kush I^ike, 

 it contaim-il om- <-^^ : this e^ I e\amineii. ami then put it 

 Lack into tin- n.-st int-mlin^ to call a few -lays later for tin- 

 full set. 1 put some -tones near tin- nest s,, as t Ke al. 

 timl it a^aiji. Next lay I visited tin- nest and found tin 

 had \ltoiit thirty feet away I foil ml another inst and 



two eggs, one of them I rei-o^ni/i-d MS th. egg I had handled 



tin- day l>ef. -r.- tin- I'ird cvidi-htly had removed tl ^ to 



this nest and laid another om- to it. On the hi^li ground 

 altove tin- slouch a niimlter of \\'ill.-t's and Uartram's sand- 

 pij>ers had their nests. The Willets vrere M-ry wary. Init tin- 

 tield-plo\.-rs \\ . i \dy tame, and wln-n distui'lM-d would 



uj> ot!' their tieftte and walk slowly throuirh tii 

 Tin- I'.artram s -andpiper. als., called field p|..\ , i and upland 



