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SNIl’ES, Si NDPIPERS, liTt'. 1 7 ground, flying only as :i lust resort. and thou darting swiftly away with a, sharp lu'eel, [we/'1.

234. Tringa. canutus Linn. lx'xo'r; HUIHN lemaz Gi:.\\' wan. (See Figs. 371.0. :16. (2.) .l:/. in sumun I'.’*L—l’lN‘l' pztrts hurred untl streaked with

black untl white and rut‘ous; tziil nsh)‘ grziy. nzu'rowli' untrained with whitish;

under parts Llllll rutous: lower helly white or whitish. sides sometimes with lilnek burs. i.\eennling to George ll. Mziekuy. it requires about tour years for birds to uequire this pluumge. See Auk, x, lsitil, p. 210.) lnt.—-- l‘pper parts pluin brownish gruy; upper tuilseovel'ts lun‘red with liluek and white, tuil brownish gray: lireust uuil sides hurred with lilztek, belly white. Young/r— Upper parts pule liruwnish «gm-v: head streuketl with liluekish; hut-k, wing- Cin'erts. und sezipulurs with tlistinet liluek und white border. ; upper tnil~eo\'- erts hurred with hluekish: tuil :tsliy jfl'll)‘, narrowly mar-glued with white; under parts white; lu‘eust, tinel)’ streaked or spotted with l)l£lt‘l\'l>ll; Thinks

barred or streaked with l»luekish. l“. lo-Su; \\'.. 43-7.): Tun, 1'20: IL, 1'30. It’d/lye. Northern hemisphere. breeding within the Arctic L'il‘k‘lk‘12llltl in Amerieu Willtk‘l‘lllg’ from Florida to South Amt-rival. Long Island. not uneonunon T. \'., 3110' 1.3 to June 1": July 13 to Nov.

III/ye known from only one speeiineu t-ulleeted in the \‘ieinity of Fort (longer by General Ureely, uud tleserilied us “ light ltt‘u~f_tl'tft‘ll. elosely spotted with lirown in smull speeks about the size ot’ fl pinheud," l‘lu x 1'00 tsee Merriam. .\uk. i. 15. , p. 313;.

Knots feed along the beaches on the small erustziceans and 11101- lusczi brought in by the waves. and they also frequent muddy plaees. where. like the true Snipe. they probe the ground for food. They

decoy with ease. "bum-hing ' so elosel)‘ us they wheel into the stools that the entire flock is sometimes killed li_\' a single disehurge. Mr. George ll. Mnekny. in one Of his enrefnl and detailed studies of our Shore Birds. deserilies their notes {15 a soft [mil-quail and a little hrml'. The first is p:ll'il(‘lll:ll‘l_\' notieeulile when tloeks are, coming to the de-

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235' Tringa, maritima. [fr/"mu. l’i‘iwmi Stvneirim. .iv]. [1/ sum- 7iH’l'tW'l‘lllu'l‘ pnrts liluek. ummined with tH'lil':l<'('ltll<*ltilli mid ereum—luiti‘; wings t'list-Iiiis~i_ri':i)‘. greater enrei‘ts mar-lined with white and some seeondu-

ries entirely whi1< : upper lull-('(H't'l‘is"f'us't‘nllvk'. outer tuil-t‘entliers ush)’ griiy. iuneruues t‘useous: throut and hrenst i)!‘U“'lllSll grui'. streaked with lilnek: lielly white. sides and undertnilwoi'ei‘tsstrenkeil with lirowuish gray. 1171/-

(n' /)]ll!ll/lf/I;*iTit‘tlll. net-k. lirezist. and sides ush)’. the two hitter mnmined

with white; linek t'usemis. nuu‘giueil with nshy; wings t‘useous. the em'erts. seeonduries. nuil tertiuls distinetly lmrdered with white: upper tuilrem‘erts and middle tail—{iiulhers l»l:|ek or t'useous. tutti-r illil’i‘l‘ililli'l‘ :ish)‘; helly zmd linings- ot'the wings white. 1... 1H"): “K. :‘i'I'II: Tait. WI“: l’n. 1'10. lir€7Il/III'I(‘R.7TIII‘ hrownish gray or :isliy ln‘eust of this speeies is n. good distinguishing elmrneter. R((II_I/I‘.—“ Niirthern portions nf‘the uurthern hemisphere: in North Amer-