. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 434 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS black on lower edge; blackish band across lower fore neck or upper chest; rest of under parts unspotted white, strongly tinged brownish-buff posteriorly. Measurements. — Length about in.; folded wing to ; tail to ; bill .95 to ; tarsus to Molts. — First winter plumage acquired by partial postjuvenal molt (July to December) which includes most of body feathers but not flight-feathers or tail-feathers; first summer plumage acquired by partial prenuptial molt invo
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 434 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS black on lower edge; blackish band across lower fore neck or upper chest; rest of under parts unspotted white, strongly tinged brownish-buff posteriorly. Measurements. — Length about in.; folded wing to ; tail to ; bill .95 to ; tarsus to Molts. — First winter plumage acquired by partial postjuvenal molt (July to December) which includes most of body feathers but not flight-feathers or tail-feathers; first summer plumage acquired by partial prenuptial molt involving head, nape, throat, breast, some scapulars and coverts and sometimes innermost secondaries but not rest of body plumage or flight or tail-feathers; adult has complete postnuptial molt (August to November) and partial prenuptial molt (February to May). Field Marks. — Large size and plover-like form; at a distance appears black and white in about equal amounts; black crown and breast, bronzy-green and coppery-purple upper parts, white cheeks, breast and abdomen, and rufous or bay upper and lower tail-coverts; long, recurved, pointed crest; slow flopping heron-like flight; and distinctive calls. Voice. — An oft-repeated "wailing," "melancholy" or "peevish" note; pee-weet, orweet-a-weet, pee-weet-weet (H. See- bohm); whey-mlluchooee-mlluch-willuch-cooee (S. E. Brock); "the Norfolk marshmen's transliteration is also good, 'Three bullocks a week, week after week'" (F. C. R. Jourdaine). Breeding. — In moorlands or bushy meadows, or in open or plowed land. Nest: In a small depression, of dry grasses, straws or rushes. Eggs: 3 to 5, usually 4; to by to in.; pyriform; very variable, pale green, olive-green, olive-brown, brownish or yellowish, spotted and blotched with black or blackish-brown and inky-gray; figured by Henry Seebohm in " A History of British Birds," 1885, Plate 27. Dates: Late March and e
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