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rounding objects. Very often I have noticed the sitting bird run 

 for several yards after leaving the nest and then commence its 

 antics. The young are said to remain in the nest for several 

 hours after they are hatched. Only one brood is reared, in the 

 year. 



Diagnostic Characters. — Totanus, with the axillaries white, 

 patches of white on most of the primaries and all of the secondaries, 

 but with no white on the rump or upper tail coverts. Eighth and 

 ninth secondaries mottled with brown, not barred ; lower throat 

 and upper breast streaked. Length, 7^^ to 8 inches. 



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