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Rare summer resident but not uncommon in the spring and 

 fall. Earliest arrival May 8 ; departs in October. Raises 

 one brood. Eggs 4, clay-colored, thickly spotted with dark 

 brown. Nest of a few stalks of grass, and leaves, in a slight 

 hollow on the ground, usually in an open meadow. Eggs laid 

 the iirst of June. Feeds on insects and seeds. Notes loud 

 and shrill ;. sometimes written quip-ip-ip, quip-ip-ip. 



35. Actitis macularia (Linn.). 

 SPOTTED SANDPIPER. TIP-UP. 



Above, ashy-olive, finely varied with black; beneath, white. In the adults 

 thickly spotted wjth blackish; feet, flesh color or yellow. Length, 7-8 

 inches. 



Common summer resident. Earliest arrival April 29 ; 



departs in September. Raises 1 brood. Eggs 4, buff orclay- 



colored, spotted with brown. Nest in a slight hollow on the 



ground, of a few leaves and grasses. Eggs laid the last of 



May. Feeds on insects, mollusks, seeds, etc. Note a loud 



peet-weet, often repeated. 



36. Numenius hudsonicus Lath. 



HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 



Above, grayish brown with white spots; rump and tall, barred with, 

 huffy and blackish; under parts,pale huffy streaKCd with blackish. Length, 

 17 inches. 



Accidental visitor. One instance, a specimen taken at 

 Northampton ; now in Springfield {fide Morris) . 



37. Aegialitls vocifera (Linn.). 

 KILDEER PLOVER. 



Above, grayish-brown ; rump, chestnut; forehead, neck-collar and under- 

 ptfttfl^ white; band above forehead, neck-collar and crescent on throat 

 black. Length, 9-10 inches. 



Rare and very irregular visitor. 



