The Long-billed Dowitcher 



crack, and goes down so irresistibly that dignity is quite forgotten, and 

 the outraged birds flee as from a scare-crow with suddenly brandished 

 arms. Quietness, too, is de rigueur, and the author quite prides himself, 

 now, upon being able to withdraw an Ethiopian foot from the depths, all 

 silently, instead of with a sound like elephantine osculation. 



Meanwhile, the sights visible on the plates are all of "Rewards and 

 Fairies." Tiny "Peeps" are pattering over the glistening surface of the 

 mud and gladdening the ear with Puckish chatterings. Their little bodies 

 and roguish glances, displayed at minimum range, challenge another shot, 



(Upper) Taken in Monterey County 

 (Lower) Taken near Santa Barbara 

 Photos by the Author 



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