Life histories
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共 47 段- It is peculiar, that the male has well-marked breeding spots
- _Enemies._--Phalaropes are not considered game birds, as the
- Jerdon asserts that the females (of all the phalaropes presu
- _Egg dates._--Alaska: 83 records, May 20 to July 23; 42 reco
- _Spring migration._--Early dates of spring arrival are: Miss
- About the nest colony the adults flew closely about my head,
- While all are shouting lustily, the birds whose nests are mo
- On the west coast of Argyllshire they are found in greater
- _Young._--The period of incubation is 20 or 21 days. Both se
- _Winter range._--North to northeastern Texas (Jefferson); Ar
- Aretas A. Saunders, in his notes, says that--
- _Game._--The Wilson snipe, improperly called "jack snipe," b
- _Nesting._--The sites vary according to locality. In Jutland
- The nest and eggs of the dowitcher are not yet known to scie
- The male long-billed dowitcher pours forth his wild musical
- Adults have a partial prenuptial molt in April and May, invo
- The most favorable time to expect them at this season is dur
- In the breeding season the male is pugnacious and quarrelsom
- Frank Poynting's (1895) colored plate of 12 selected eggs we
- So far as known, the food of both old and young consists of
- _Behavior._--In many ways the Aleutian sandpiper reminds one
- The pectoral sandpiper usually chooses for its homesite the
- _Fall migration._--Early dates of fall arrivals are: British
- Invariably among the tamest and most confiding of our so-cal
- This method of nesting seems to be the most effective way of
- J. R. Whitaker writes, in his notes on these birds at Grand
- _Fall migration._--Early dates of fall arrival are: British
- On one occasion, on May 14, seeing three small waders floati
- In former years extensive flights took place about the 1st o
- _Casual records._--Aldabra Island, Madagascar, November 6; M
- This little sandy colored sandpiper, appropriately called th
- _Breeding range._--The semipalmated sandpiper breeds north t
- This is one of the small sandpipers of this region that will
- The situation of the nest is also extremely constant. At the
- Late dates of spring departure are: Georgia, Cumberland, Apr
- In the second chase, the victim marked for death was a marbl
- In fresh juvenal plumage, as seen in Alaska in August, the c
- Doctor Sanford (1903) writes:
- _Winter range._--The main winter quarters of this species ar
- A redshank rises up into the air, and there flies in a serie
- _Plumages._--In the downy young greater yellow-legs a median
- _Winter range._--North rarely to Washington (Dungeness Spit)
- Why they should fight at this season of the year, when the m
- Late dates of fall departure are: Alaska, St. George Island,
- [Illustration: PLATE 7. AMERICAN AVOCET. _Upper_: Nest and e
- Preble & McAtee--
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