OF VIRGINIA 7\ 
GENus ACTITIS. 
[263]. Actitis macularia (Linneus). Spotted 
Sandpiper. 
[Teeter. Tip Up. Sand Snipe]. 
Ranexr.—North and South America. Breeds from tree 
limit in northwestern Alaska, northern Mackenzie, central 
Keewatin, northern Ungava, and Newfoundland south to 
southern California, Arizona, southern Texas, southern 
Louisiana, and northern South Carolina; winters from 
California, Louisiana, and southern Virginia to southern 
Brazil and central Peru; stragglers to Great Britain and 
Helgoland. 
This little shore bird, or “Teeter,” as called by the local 
residents, is a most common bird with us during the entire 
year. Even along the salt water shores of our bays and 
rivers it can always be seen running along in and out the 
surf foam, looking for insects and other marine crustea 
cast up by the waves. The inland ponds and marshy 
places also have their numerous pairs, around which 
places they really seem more at home, and breed to a 
greater extent. Their cry of “teeter, teeter, teeter,” on 
being flushed, and uttered while flying over the waters, is 
one of the easiest ways of identifying them. The nest is 
a slight depression in the ground amongst the thick grass, 
placed well for concealment, and lined with weed stems, 
grasses or seaweed. The eggs number four to five, gener- 
ally the former, pyriform in shape, a grayish-buff ground 
color, spotted, specked and blotched with brownish-black, 
or black. Size, 1.35x.90. The young leave the inest soon 
