THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



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The Peet-weet's nest is usually a little removed from the water's edge, 

 placed a few rods back among the stunted willows and rank grasses of the 

 upper sand 

 stratum of 

 the beach, or 

 else sunk 

 somewhere 

 upon a grass- 

 grown bank. 

 The birds are 

 not always 

 discreet in 

 die matter of 

 concealment , 

 and will 

 s o m etimes 

 steal to the 

 nest or visit 

 it openly, 

 while search 

 is being con- 

 ducted in the 

 im m ediate 

 n e i ghbor- 

 hood. The 

 eggs, normal- 

 ly four in 

 number, are 

 immense for 

 the size of 

 the bird, and, 

 as a conse- 

 quence, the 

 yO'Ung are so 

 well found at 

 birth that 

 they are able 

 to scamper 

 off with nev- 

 er a thought 

 for the un- 

 usually substantial cushion of leaves and dried grasses which has harbored 

 them in embryo. 











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Taken at Cedar Foint. 



Photo by the Autho 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



THE SET IS INCOMPT,ETE BUT TWO APPEAR TO MAKE A NESTFUL. 



