. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . lecinnamon-brown and blackish ; line through thecrown bnfFy, bordered with two brown stripes ; underparts buff, nariowly streaked with Young: Bnffy brown above, merging to lemon-yellow below; upper parts indistinctly mottled with Distribution : Nearly the whole of North andSouth America; south in Range : Arctic Season: June 15 to July : A slight hollow, scantily lined with grasses. Eggs: 4 ; pear-shaped, gra
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . lecinnamon-brown and blackish ; line through thecrown bnfFy, bordered with two brown stripes ; underparts buff, nariowly streaked with Young: Bnffy brown above, merging to lemon-yellow below; upper parts indistinctly mottled with Distribution : Nearly the whole of North andSouth America; south in Range : Arctic Season: June 15 to July : A slight hollow, scantily lined with grasses. Eggs: 4 ; pear-shaped, grayish yellow, coarsely scrawled,ith chocolate and brown. Size X The Hudsonian Curlew occursthroughout North America, breed-ing at the ponds and lakes of tiiearctic regions and in all partsIn ( alifornia it is abundant asa s[)ring and fall migrant, and is foundon the coast in company with tlie long-billed curlew and the jack-snii)e. JJkethe others, it is a conspicuous bird on the beach orflying in tiiangnlar flocks over the edge of the water;like the loiig-billcMl curlew, it drops its feet and raises. ■^. 76 WATER -BIRDS its wings in a peculiar butterfly fashion when is not so commonly found in the interior as othermembers of its family, and probes in the sand of thebeach for its food rather than in the salt meadows ; itsfavorite food is small snails, water-spiders, and crayfish. 270. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. — Squataro/asquatarola. (Common names: Beetle-head ; Oxeye ; Whistling FieldPlover; Bull-head Plover; Swiss Plover.) Family : The Plovers. Length: Adults in Summer: Sides of head and neck and under parts black ; lower belly and under tail-coverts white; u[)per parts mottled black and white ; tail white, barred with in Winter: Upper parts brownish gray,^ mottled with lighter. and under parts white, stieaked with : Similar to winter adults, but spotted on upper parts with Distribution : Nearly cosmopolita
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