. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. Fig. 154. Bl;ick-belliecl Plover. IQ V 189. Genus SQUATAROLA Cuvier. Blach-hellied Plover. Beetle-headed Plover. Whistling Field Plover. Bull-head. Ox-eye. A small hind toe, hardly J long ; plumage speckled. Adult ill breeding season (rarely seen in the U. S.) : face and entire nnder parts black, upper parts variegated with black, and M'hite or
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. Fig. 154. Bl;ick-belliecl Plover. IQ V 189. Genus SQUATAROLA Cuvier. Blach-hellied Plover. Beetle-headed Plover. Whistling Field Plover. Bull-head. Ox-eye. A small hind toe, hardly J long ; plumage speckled. Adult ill breeding season (rarely seen in the U. S.) : face and entire nnder parts black, upper parts variegated with black, and M'hite or ashy; tail barred with black and white; quills dusky, with largo white patches. Adult at other times, and j'oung : below white, more or less shaded with gray, the throat and breast 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 black feathers on the under parts, to numerous large black patches. 11-12 ; wing 7 or more; tail 3 ; bill l-lj ; tarsus 2 ; middle toe and claw 1^. A bird commonly diffused over most parts of the world. Wils., vii, 41, pi. 57, f. 4; AuD.,v, 199, pi. 315; NuTT.,ii,26; Cass. iuBo., 697. helvetica. 190. Genus CHARADRIUS Linnaeus. Golden Plover. Frost-hird. Bidl- Jiead. No hind toe ; plumage speckled above, and in the breeding season black below, as in the last species, but much of the speckling bright yellow, and the rump and upper tail coverts like the back; forehead, and a broad line over the eye to the nape, white ; tail feathers grayish-brown, with imperfect white or ashy bars ; axillars gray or ashy. At other times the under parts nearly as in the last species. 10-11; wing 7 or less; tail under 3 ; bill 1 or less; tarsus 1§; middle toe and claw 1^. N. Am., abundant in the U. S. in. Fig. 155. Golden Plover; winter Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enh
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