NESTLINGS OF FOREST AND MARSH 
slender legs seeming scarcely strong enough 
to carry them. They were covered with 
soft down of beautiful color and markings, 
the under parts being pure white, the upper 
soft brown with a black 
stripe through the cen- 
tre of the crown and 
along the back to the 
Sandpiper’s nest, skilfully concealed 
tail. This was crossed at right angles and 
also obliquely by bars of black that centred 
on the nape, as if Greek and Roman crosses 
were laid one over the other with the middle 
cross-piece at the back of the neck. 
As spry as little chickens, they ran about 
picking up their food and needing little 
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