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AN AUSniALlAN BIRD BOOK. 
1 100 Sanderling, Ca/icZris arcnaria {leucophoca, Am.O.U.), 
1 COS. exc. Pacific Is. Mig. v.r. sandy shores, swamps 7.5 
Crown, back gray; white band on wing; sides, lower-back ^ 
white; eyebrow, forehead, face, under white; no hind ^ 
toe; brighter in far north; f., sim. Sand-hoppers, 
insects. "Wick." 
remarkable of such organs. The Australian Avocet is one 
species of a cosmopolitan genus. 
Some of the Dottrels live on the dry, open plains of the interior; 
others frequent the beaches and shores. 
When a bird of prey appears, these plain-living birds squat quite 
flat, placiug even the head flat on the ground. They thus escape 
detection, for the protective coloring of these birds and of their 
eggs is marvellous. The story of how a photograph of a Dottrel's 
nest was obtained is of value to teachers, for it will remind us that 
it is not well to neglect the three R's, and that Nature-study alone 
will not give a complete education. Three bird-lovers spent some 
time trying to find this nest, while the parent birds flew noisily 
around. Suspecting at last that the birds' knowledge of num- 
bers was probably deficient, the three hid behind a log. Two 
then walked away. The birds immediately returned to the nest, 
and a valuable photograph was the result. A training in Nature- 
study, valuable as it undoubtedly is, is thus not all of our work. 
The Painted Snipe breeds in Australia, but tne Australian Snipe 
breeds in Japan, so it, properly speaking, is not an Australian 
