SANDPIPERS 



(263) Actitis macularia 



(Linn.) (Gr., sea-shore frequenter; Lat., 

 spotted), 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER ; TEE- 

 TER-TAIL; TILT-UP. Ads. in 

 summer — Plumage as shown, the 

 upper parts being glossy, olive- 

 brownish crossed by wavy black 

 bars; a white superciliary stripe 

 and a blackish line through the eye; 

 the white under parts are covered 

 with bold, round spots. In winter 

 and Im. — Unspotted white below, 

 with a grayish wash on the breast; 

 upper parts without black markings. 

 L., 7.50; W., 4.20; Tar., .90; B., 

 .95. Nest — Of grasses, concealed 

 under weeds; three to five bufE eggs, 

 spotted with blackish-brown. 



Range — Breeds throughout the 

 U. S. and southern Canada. Winters 

 in southern U. S. 



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has great carrying power. An individual can often be heard 

 coming from another ground, long before he comes into 

 view; he descends rapidly on set, often decurved, wings and 

 may alight on the ground or on wall or fence post. 



Upland Plover are apt to be found nesting anywhere 

 throughout their northern range. 



SPOTTED SANDPIPERS are one of our best known and 

 most familiar species of birds, being found during the warm 

 months throughout our country. The country boy knows 

 them as "Tip-ups" or "Teeter-tails," because while at rest 

 they are continually bowing the head and jerking the tail 

 upward in a grotesque manner, as though they were the most 

 subservient creatures in the world. Ponds, meadows, and 

 cultivated land are their favorite abiding places, and their 

 rather plaintively whistled "peet-weet" is one of the most 

 familiar bird sounds from such places. 



They rarely, if ever, zigzag in their flight, their method of 

 progression being in gentle curves. If one wishes to reach 

 a spot farther along shore, instead of travelling in a straight 



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