. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Buffy. The bird, too,palmated, and is similar,the black. [276.] Little Ringed dubia. An Old World species, accidentally occurringon the Pacific coast. Like the last species, butsmaller. The eggs, too, are smaller; size 277- Piping Plover. Mgialitis meloda. Range.—Eastern North America, chiefly alongthe Atlantic coast, breeding from the Carolinasnorth to A handsome little bird, with a black crescenton
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Buffy. The bird, too,palmated, and is similar,the black. [276.] Little Ringed dubia. An Old World species, accidentally occurringon the Pacific coast. Like the last species, butsmaller. The eggs, too, are smaller; size 277- Piping Plover. Mgialitis meloda. Range.—Eastern North America, chiefly alongthe Atlantic coast, breeding from the Carolinasnorth to A handsome little bird, with a black crescenton each side of neck, a small black patch on topof the head, and without any black on the loresRing Plover. or ear coverts. It is the lightest colored of any Snowy Plover. of the eastern Plovers. Length, 7 inches. Young, similar, but the black replaced by grayish, as isthe case with the last species. This species, apparently, never could be classedas abundant and of late years, it is becoming rather rare along our Atlanticcoast; this is probably more due to the building ofsummer resorts and homes along their former breeding .. ■ -■ grounds than to hunters. They are rather more shy ^A. •;..*. -
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