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CHAPTER IV. 



COLD MORNING. FAMILIAR DENIZENS OF THE FOREST. INDICATIONS 



of a storm. — Four nice salmon. — A family of Wilson's snipe. 



Habits of the snipe. — The dowitcher. — Robin snipe. — Jack 



snipe and their habits. — All about peeps. — The red-backed 

 sandpiper. — Beach birds and their peculiarities. — The marlin, 



OR GREAT-MARBLED GODWIT. THE HUDSONIAN GODWIT. WlNTER 



YELLOW LEGS. SUMMER YELLOW LEGS. THE SPOTTED AND SOLI- 

 TARY sandpipers. — Teeters. — An approaching storm. — Heavy 



THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. THE STORM BURSTS. PHOTOGRAPH- 

 ING LIGHTNING. ALL ABOUT THE WILLET. THE UPLAND PLOVER. 



THE SICKLE-BILLED CURLEW. JACK CURLEWS. DOE BIRDS AND 



THEIR HISTORY. BLACK-BELLIED AND GOLDEN PLOVERS. SHOOTING 



on the Back Bay, Boston. — Ring necks and their habits. — The 



TURNSTONE — KlLLDEERS AND THEIR HABITS. A STORMY NIGHT. 



j^jj^ HEN I arose and left our tent I found the foliage of the 



k shrubs and bushes covered with a heavy dew. The 



' {< ^ golden eastern sky was full of scattering clouds, 



If *-- ^ which seemed to indicate that a windy day might be 



expected. The atmosphere was so chilly that a fall of 



but two or three degrees of temperature would have 



resulted in a frost. 



In the northern woods a light frost even in July is not a very rare 



occurrence, and some old guides assert that they have known of there 



being a frost in every month of the year. 



A pair of "chickarees " or red squirrels, chased each other in sport 

 away from the tent where they had been gleaning some bits of biscuits 

 and potato parings which we had dropped on the day before. Every one 

 who frequents the woods knows how tame and even familiar the wild ani- 

 mals and birds become. 



Repeatedly have I, while lying in my tent, had the red squirrel come 

 to me for pieces of biscuit, and have even had them run over my feet and 

 legs for the coveted morsels. The rabbit also soon learns that it has noth- 

 ing to fear, and even the ruffed grouse loves to hang around the camp, 

 and often, if not molested, becomes as tame and unsuspicious as a domes- 

 tic fowl. 



The most audacious of all visitors, however, is the Canada jay or 

 " moose bird." He enters the tent without fear, and sometimes becomes 

 a nuisance in consequence of his habit of pilfering such things as take his 



