SCHINZ’S SANDPIPER. 
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They frequent marshy shores, and the borders of lakes and 
brackish waters. They are very social even in the breeding time, 
and are then by no means shy: during autumn they join company 
even with different birds, and become very wild. Their voice 
resembles that of Tringa alpina, but is more feeble. They feed 
on worms, aquatic insects and similar food: build near marshes 
and lakes, among Aveeds : they lay four eggs, smaller and much 
less in diameter than those of Tringa alpina , of a yellowish-gray 
spotted with olive or chestnut brown. 
