. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . nesting habits arethe same, and the eggs cannot be distinguishedfrom those of the common Willet. Data.—Re-fugio, Texas, May 18, 1900. 4 eggs in a grasslined depression on the bay shore flat. Collec-tor, J. W. Preston. 259- Wandering Heteractitis in- Wandering Plover. Range.—Pacific coast of North America, breed-ing from British Columbia northward. This is a handsome species, uniform grayishabove and white be
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . nesting habits arethe same, and the eggs cannot be distinguishedfrom those of the common Willet. Data.—Re-fugio, Texas, May 18, 1900. 4 eggs in a grasslined depression on the bay shore flat. Collec-tor, J. W. Preston. 259- Wandering Heteractitis in- Wandering Plover. Range.—Pacific coast of North America, breed-ing from British Columbia northward. This is a handsome species, uniform grayishabove and white below, closely barred (in sum-mer) with blackish. During the breeding sea-son it is found on the rugged coasts and islands ofAlaska, and casually south. It breeds in themarsh grass near the shores and along the banksof streams. | 26().] Ruff. Machetes pugnax. A common European species, occasionally foundon the Atlantic coast of North America. It is aspecies remarkable for its pugnacity during themating season; in size and appearance it is aboutlike the Upland Plover, with the exception of theruff which adorns the neck and breast of themale 26l. Upland Plover. Bartramia longicauda. Range.—North America, chiefly east of the Rocky Mountains, breeding frommiddle United States, northward. A handsome bird, 12 inches in length, .„ ^ • generally known as the Upland Plover,from its habit of frequenting dry side hills,where it feeds upon grasshoppers andworms. It is a favorite bird with manysportsmen. It builds a nest of grasses, onthe ground in a tuft of grass in the middleof fields. The three or four eggs have a buffground and are blotched with yellowishbrown. Size x Data.—Stump Lake,N. D., June 10, 1897. Nest of grass, linedwith wool, under a tuft of grass left by themower. Collector, Alf. Eastgate.
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