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to five hungry mouths that opened pleadingly when they heard my 

 footsteps. The parents sat upon a nearby ledge and teetering tip and 

 down scolded me roundly for my interferance. The food seemed to 

 be principally the larvae of the Salmon Fly and small crayfish judging 

 from the debris scattered arounk the ledge of the nest. All summer 

 long I watched this family, and late in the fall I could see the 

 youngsters yet in tow of the old birds flitting up and down the stream. 

 I should liked very much to have added this set of eggs to my cabinet, 

 but the birds seemed so much a part of this wild stream that I did not 

 have the heart to disturb the little home. 



SANDERLING. 

 [Young- in winter plumage showing wing markings. I 



