. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 256 BIRDS OF AMERICA BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER Squatarola squatarola {Liinurus) A. O. U. Xumber 270 See Color I'late jg Other Names.— Black-breast; Black-breasted Plover ; Bull-head ; Bull-head Plover ; Beetle-head ; Bottle-head ; Chuckle-head; Hollow-head; Owl-head; Whistling Plover; Whistling Field Plover; Pilot; May Cock; Swiss Plover; Ox-eye; Four-toed Plover; Gump; Gray Plover (autumn); Mud Plover; Pale-belly (young). General Description.— Length, 12 inches. In sum- mer, upper parts black and white, lower parts black; in winter, whitish all over but
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 256 BIRDS OF AMERICA BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER Squatarola squatarola {Liinurus) A. O. U. Xumber 270 See Color I'late jg Other Names.— Black-breast; Black-breasted Plover ; Bull-head ; Bull-head Plover ; Beetle-head ; Bottle-head ; Chuckle-head; Hollow-head; Owl-head; Whistling Plover; Whistling Field Plover; Pilot; May Cock; Swiss Plover; Ox-eye; Four-toed Plover; Gump; Gray Plover (autumn); Mud Plover; Pale-belly (young). General Description.— Length, 12 inches. In sum- mer, upper parts black and white, lower parts black; in winter, whitish all over but tinged with brown above. Four toes, but hind toe very small; outer and middle toes webbed at base; bill rather short. Color.—Adults in Summer: Forehead, crozvn, sides of head to upper level of eye, back of neck, and sides of same, pure zvhile with a few dusky spots on nape and center of neck; rest of upper parts, including coverts, shoulders, and inner secondaries, white, each feather with a small exposed dusky area, these form- ing bars on the inner secondaries; tail and upper coverts, barred with dusky; betoiv, including lores, chin, throat, part of side of head, breast, and abdomen, pure blackish-brown; under tail-coverts, white; pri- maries, dark brown blackening at ends ivith large zvhite areas at base; bill and feet, dusky-gray; eye, remark- ably large and lustrous, deep brown. Adults in Winter: Ground color all over, whitish; upper parts, tinged with pale brown; crown, yellowish streaked with dusky ; sides of head, back of neck, throat, and breast, finely streaked with brownish; feathers of back, of wing-coverts, and of inner secondaries, with wedge- shaped dusky centers ; rest of under parts, unmarked, thus showing none of the black area so conspicuous in summer; bill, feet, and eye as in summer; intermediates between these two plumages, showing an of black and white below, are very common. Young: Upper parts, lighter with a golden shade on each feathe
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