. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds. Fajiilv CHAKADRIII)^: Plovers. Genus CHARADRIUS Subgenus SQUATAROLA Cuvier. CHARADRIUS SQUATAROLA (Linn.). 119. Black-bellied Plover. (270) Adu/f ill href'.diiKj -reason.:—Rarely seen in the Uniteil States; face and entire under parts, T>lack; uppei' parts, variegated with black and white, or ash}^; t
. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds. Fajiilv CHAKADRIII)^: Plovers. Genus CHARADRIUS Subgenus SQUATAROLA Cuvier. CHARADRIUS SQUATAROLA (Linn.). 119. Black-bellied Plover. (270) Adu/f ill href'.diiKj -reason.:—Rarely seen in the Uniteil States; face and entire under parts, T>lack; uppei' parts, variegated with black and white, or ash}^; tail, barred with ?jlack and white; epulis, ilusky with large white patches, AduJtH at other times and young:—Below, white, nioi-e or less shaded with gray; the throat and breast, more oi' less speckled with dusky; above, blackish, speckled with white or yellowish; the rump, white, with dark bars; legs, dull bluish. Old birds changing show every grade, from a few isolated feathers on the under parts to numerous large black patches. Length, 11-12; wing, 7 or more; tail, 3; bill, 1-1^; tarsus, 2; middle toe and claw, Llj; hind toe, hardly :]. Hab.—Nearly cosmopolitan, Ijut chiefly in the northern hemisphei'e, breed- ing far north, and migrating south in wintei', in America, to the West Indies, Brazil and New Grenada. Nest, a hollow in the gi'ound, slightly lined with gi-ass. Eggs, four, dark gray color, blotched or spotted with brownish-black. 11. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIlwraith, Thomas. London, T. Fisher Unwin; Toronto, William Briggs
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