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and doze. They are here seen taking wing at the photographer's 

 approach. It is probable that some least sandpipers are mixed 

 with the flock. 



Sandpiper, Solitary (Helodroiiias solitarhts solitaritis) 



As the name would imply, this sandpiper is not gregarious. 

 Next to the spotted it is the commonest and most widely distrib- 

 uted sandpiper in New York State, frequenting on its migrations 

 any stream, pond or mud flat even in the woods where other 

 sandpipers do not venture. 7.5-9 



Call no. 



Nu SS Adult in Marshy Stream Seeking Food. Branchport. (July 

 28, 1911) Burtch 



The solitary sandpiper is found around Branchport and Potters 

 swamp as late as May 30th, when it leaves for its breeding 

 grounds. It returns as early as July 6th. Its barred white outer 

 tail feathers distinguish it from the spotted sandpiper in any 

 plumage. 



Sandpiper, Spotted {Actitis maciilaria) 



No bird is more characteristic of our rivers and streams than 

 this familiar sandpiper, or "tip-up." Its cry of alarm as it rises 

 from a shoal is well known to the fisherman and the small boy 

 of the country. Unfortunately it is sometimes shot in the fall 

 along with the other shore birds. It is decidedly beneficial and 

 is protected by the laws of New York and the federal migratory 

 bird law. 7-8 



Nu ST2 Adult Approaching Nest with Eggs on Ground under Mul- 

 lein Plant. Arcade. (1914) R.H.Beebe 



Note coloration, also position and character of the nest; the 

 long legs, relatively short toes and slender bill of the bird; the 

 size of the eggs compared with the size of the bird. Compare 

 with rose-breasted grosbeak, Nu GtR3. The sandpiper is smaller • 

 than the grosbeak, but its eggs are larger. 



Nu ST24 Nest with Four Eggs on Ground. Palisades park. (July 

 20, 1918) 



For a further study of the comparative size of eggs of precocial 

 and altricial birds, see catbird and spotted sandpiper with an egg 

 of each, Nu Cd3, p. 130. 



