. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . Taken at Cedar Point NEST AND EGGS OF THE BELTED PIPING PLOVER. THE BELTED PIPING PLOVER. 493 It is not fair to say that the nesting site was unmarked, for what ■ iseasier to see than a piece of waif coal, after ones attention has been calledto it? And as for the nest itself, what could be more charming than amosaic of flattened pebbles and bits of broken shell, to say nothing of suchneighbors as a fish-bone and a joint and a half of straw? While we were examining the nest, the b
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . Taken at Cedar Point NEST AND EGGS OF THE BELTED PIPING PLOVER. THE BELTED PIPING PLOVER. 493 It is not fair to say that the nesting site was unmarked, for what ■ iseasier to see than a piece of waif coal, after ones attention has been calledto it? And as for the nest itself, what could be more charming than amosaic of flattened pebbles and bits of broken shell, to say nothing of suchneighbors as a fish-bone and a joint and a half of straw? While we were examining the nest, the birds kept circling about un-easily at a safe distance, uttering low cries in questioning or querulous tones. _■ #■■ m A Taken at Cedar foint. Photo by the Author. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PATHLESS SAND. —queep, in a variety of inflections, and a longer queeplo or queeplezv. Theyhad the habit also of scampering rapidly for a little ways and then pullingup short with a compensating bob and perk like the Killdeer. When the ground with the lower whites obscured, the color of the Ploversback so perfectly matched that of the glowing sand as to render the birdalmost invisible. All the birds seen on this occasion, to the number of four or five, were 494 THE TURNSTONE. of the belted variety, and the identification was confirmed through speci-mens secured by Professor Hine on the following day. He also tookanother set of four eggs about two weeks later from a nest in a similar situa-tion, but some four hundred yards north of the first discovered site. Fromthe advanced stage of incubation he was sure that the eggs belonged to adifferent pair of birds. The question of the validity of t
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