. American game birds . nd will hidebeside pebbles or behind a few spears ofbeach grass so effectively that it is almostimpossible to discover them. Piping Plover fly swiftly and with thegrace characteristic of shore birds, alter-nately twisting so as to expose first the upper parts and then the under sur-faces. Their notes are exceedingly musical, a clear, piping queep, queep,queep-lo. They measure about 7 in. in length. SNOWY PLOVER {Mgialitis nivosa). Slightly smaller than the last spe-cies, the back just a little darker, the addition of a black mark back of theeyes and with the bill wholly
. American game birds . nd will hidebeside pebbles or behind a few spears ofbeach grass so effectively that it is almostimpossible to discover them. Piping Plover fly swiftly and with thegrace characteristic of shore birds, alter-nately twisting so as to expose first the upper parts and then the under sur-faces. Their notes are exceedingly musical, a clear, piping queep, queep,queep-lo. They measure about 7 in. in length. SNOWY PLOVER {Mgialitis nivosa). Slightly smaller than the last spe-cies, the back just a little darker, the addition of a black mark back of theeyes and with the bill wholly black instead of with an orange base like that ofthe Piping Tlover. Their actions, like those of the latter bird, are quite dif-ferent from those of the abundant Semi-palmated Plover. Having the abilityto hide effectually, they constantly make use of this gift, which is wholly atvariance with the habits of confiding Ring-necks. Snowy Plover are foundin southwestern United States, north to Kansas and central PLOVERPLOVER 43
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