﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  7^1,;^ 
  

  

  forgotten 
  sounds 
  in 
  nature." 
  [Langille] 
  The 
  same 
  writer 
  gives 
  its 
  alarm 
  

   note 
  as 
  a 
  rapid 
  quip-ip-tp-ip, 
  qiiip-ip-ip-ip, 
  and 
  the 
  song 
  as 
  chr-r-r-r-r- 
  

   ee-e-e-e-e-e-oo-o-o-o-o-oo 
  . 
  Will 
  Richard, 
  in 
  describing 
  a 
  pair 
  near 
  Rouse 
  

   Point, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  states 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  called 
  "Wet 
  -weather" 
  birds 
  by 
  the 
  

   people 
  of 
  that 
  locality 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  calls 
  which 
  the 
  bird 
  utters, 
  and 
  

   writes 
  the 
  song 
  as 
  follows: 
  wh-o-e-e-et-et-e-e-e-e-e-e-o-o-o-ooo. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  

   good 
  rendition 
  of 
  the 
  weird 
  whistle 
  described 
  by 
  Langille, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  

   heard 
  it 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  notes 
  rapidly 
  rising 
  and 
  swelling, 
  

   then 
  slowly 
  falling 
  and 
  dying 
  away 
  into 
  a 
  hollow 
  windlike 
  whistle, 
  very 
  

   much 
  like 
  the 
  literation 
  of 
  Mr 
  Richard's 
  description. 
  This 
  love 
  song 
  of 
  

   the 
  Upland 
  plover, 
  and 
  the 
  winnowing 
  of 
  the 
  Snipe, 
  and 
  the 
  flight 
  song 
  of 
  

   the 
  Woodcock 
  are 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  sounds 
  of 
  our 
  bird 
  life, 
  and 
  

   belong 
  to 
  the 
  three 
  most 
  highly 
  prized 
  game 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  order 
  Limicolae, 
  

   all 
  three 
  of 
  which 
  fortunately 
  breed 
  within 
  our 
  limits, 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  pro- 
  

   tected 
  in 
  every 
  possible 
  manner 
  from 
  the 
  extermination 
  which 
  has 
  over- 
  

   taken 
  our 
  Wild 
  turkey. 
  Heath 
  hen, 
  and 
  Wild 
  pigeon. 
  

  

  The 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  Bartramian 
  sandpiper 
  consists 
  largely 
  of 
  grasshoppers, 
  

   crickets, 
  beetles 
  and 
  other 
  insects, 
  occasionally 
  varied 
  with 
  seeds 
  or 
  small 
  

   fruits. 
  The 
  young 
  follow 
  their 
  parents 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  hatched, 
  and 
  the 
  old 
  

   birds 
  evince 
  considerable 
  distress 
  when 
  the 
  young 
  are 
  molested, 
  often 
  

   fluttering 
  along 
  the 
  ground, 
  feigning 
  lameness, 
  or 
  a 
  broken 
  wing, 
  after 
  

   the 
  manner 
  of 
  a 
  Killdeer, 
  to 
  draw 
  the 
  intruder 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  site. 
  Their 
  

   carriage 
  is 
  light 
  and 
  graceful, 
  they 
  run 
  with 
  great 
  swiftness 
  through 
  the 
  

   rows 
  of 
  stubble 
  to 
  escape 
  from 
  intrusion, 
  or 
  crouch 
  motionless 
  in 
  the 
  grass 
  

   until 
  the 
  enemy 
  is 
  dangerously 
  near, 
  when 
  they 
  spring 
  into 
  the 
  air 
  and 
  

   fly 
  swiftly 
  away, 
  often 
  passing 
  entirely 
  out 
  of 
  sight 
  before 
  alighting, 
  but 
  

   uttering 
  a 
  mellow 
  whistle 
  as 
  they 
  go, 
  evidently 
  to 
  inform 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  

   their 
  clan 
  that 
  the 
  enemy 
  is 
  near. 
  

  

  The 
  Bartramian 
  sandpiper 
  conceals 
  its 
  nest 
  in 
  the 
  thick 
  grass 
  of 
  the 
  

   meadow, 
  or 
  under 
  a 
  tussock 
  in 
  the 
  pasture 
  or 
  a 
  waste 
  field, 
  and 
  is 
  rarely 
  

   or 
  never 
  seen 
  in 
  its 
  vicinity, 
  and 
  will 
  not 
  leave 
  it 
  until 
  she 
  is 
  almost 
  trod 
  

   upon. 
  Mr 
  Short 
  told 
  me 
  of 
  finding 
  a 
  nest 
  while 
  plowing 
  a 
  field, 
  which 
  the 
  

  

  