. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 450 WADING BIEDS. The Plovers (Charadrias). These birds have no hinder toe, and a moderate beak, which is compressed and slightly enlarged at the tip. They live together in numerous flocks, frequent damp meadows, and strike the earth with theu' feet, in order to disturb the worms upon which they live. We may also mention the Sand-pipers {Tringa) and the Oyster-catchers (Hsematop^is), the latter having a beak straight, pointed, compressed into a wedge shape, and sufficiently strong to enable them to open small shell-fish, npon w
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 450 WADING BIEDS. The Plovers (Charadrias). These birds have no hinder toe, and a moderate beak, which is compressed and slightly enlarged at the tip. They live together in numerous flocks, frequent damp meadows, and strike the earth with theu' feet, in order to disturb the worms upon which they live. We may also mention the Sand-pipers {Tringa) and the Oyster-catchers (Hsematop^is), the latter having a beak straight, pointed, compressed into a wedge shape, and sufficiently strong to enable them to open small shell-fish, npon which they feed. They like- wise, however, dig in the earth in search of worms. Most of the little birds of this tribe make no regular nest, but deposit their eggs, four in number, in a cavity slightly scratched among sand and pebbles. f^. Fig. 377.—nest of the dunlin. which they so much resemble in size and colour that they are not easily discovered; or like the Sea- snipe, they construct on the ground, among long grass and heather, an apology for a nest composed of a little moss and some dried leaves and iibres. In this the female contrives to place her eggs so that they occupy the smallest possible space, by making them all meet at their smaller ends, which taper much more than the eggs of most other birds (Fig. 377).. 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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