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Show JTDS ARE MYSTERY Is Known About Their Breeding Haunts and Habits Than of Any Other Feathered Tribe. (Svrift anil tiroloss of flipht, late In L 'the hordes of miu'rnnt shore ar'e ;,me ns suddenly ns they Zwi ne soes tliom K rrol)" 'the start is in the evening. But K ihe time we miss them thoy mny he , ,hfflis:ind miles farther to the north ,!,.,( is, when they have really decid-""to decid-""to he on the move. Previously they sv have fed leisurely along from 'h to beach, and marsh to marsh. Operating from their long flight "js southern seas. But now the ver- influence sounds the clarion call, 1 they forthwith strike the real limi-tdiie limi-tdiie pace. Where do they go? Less Is known (mt the hreeding-hauuts and habits cMhis mysterious trihe than of any o-ler in the system of ornithology. Kile a very few of the species linger onour southern coasts, the great mass ;i them to rush on for the far north. 'or do the bulk of thera stop till they 'et where the curiosity of man can kMliid disturb their privacy. The eggs cd nesting habits of a number of i;se species are hardly known to scl-e:. scl-e:. Their summer home is the barren bar-ren ground around the Arctic sea. In tie daicp moss near some pool upon it coM ground still frozen ureter-resth, ureter-resth, in the early part of June they Knich a slight hollow, build a rude, tail nest of grass and lay four eggs, piriform or pear-shaped, drab colored lid heavily blotched with black or trown All Outdoors. |