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rises quickly and flies swiftly in a zig-zag 

 course uttering a bleating scape as it goes 

 and showing the under wing marking which 

 are banded with black and white, the black 

 being as wide or wider than the white; 

 when high in air winds are circles about, but 



Fig. Ill 



Purple Sandpiper. 1-5. 



is quite apt to return and alight near where 

 it started. In spring on its breeding ground 

 and sometimes in migration, can be heard 

 producing the sound called winnowing; it 

 rises high in air sometimes singly, but often 

 three or four together and flying in a zig-zag 

 way utters a soft bleating cry. Breeds from 



