198 FEATHERED GAME 
our little drama had been taking place a bunch 
of eight ‘‘summers’’ had come in and settled at 
about thirty yards distance to look on. 
The bird is known by a number of names, 
most of them derived from his habit of ‘‘bob- 
bing’’ and balancing up and down. Among 
these are ‘‘Tip-up,’’ ‘‘Teeter-Tail,’’ ‘‘Teeter- 
Bob,’’ and ‘‘Peet-Weet,’’ this last from his note 
of alarm. The ‘‘Teeter-Bob”’ is a merry, rest- 
less little fellow, never for a moment quiet. He 
is about seven and one half inches long and 
thirteen inches in extent of wing. Above, dull 
olive brown with a silken sheen and lustre to 
his plumage; fine lines of black on head and 
neck; wavy crossbars of the same color on the 
back and wing coverts; upper tail coverts and 
central feathers of the tail of the same olive 
brown hue; tail feathers tipped with white, the 
outer ones having several incomplete barrings 
of this color. Under parts all white with nu- 
merous black polka dots plentifully sprinkled in 
on throat, breast and flanks, the spots growing 
fewer and paler toward the lower parts. These 
spots are missing in the fall dress. Wing 
quills brownish black; bill flesh-colored, black- 
tipped. 
