. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. PLOVERS 471. Downy Young Piping Plover About i natural size. of rump with an ill-defined patch or stripe of dark brown; forehead, sides of head, end of wing, neck all round and under plumage white. Measurements. — Length to in.; spread to ; folded wing to ; tail to ; bill .45 to .52; tarsus .85 to Weight 3 oz. (Audubon). Sexes nearly alike in size; male usually largest. Molts. — Similar to those of Killdeer (see page 466); black neck markings of male probably are perfected with age
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. PLOVERS 471. Downy Young Piping Plover About i natural size. of rump with an ill-defined patch or stripe of dark brown; forehead, sides of head, end of wing, neck all round and under plumage white. Measurements. — Length to in.; spread to ; folded wing to ; tail to ; bill .45 to .52; tarsus .85 to Weight 3 oz. (Audubon). Sexes nearly alike in size; male usually largest. Molts. — Similar to those of Killdeer (see page 466); black neck markings of male probably are perfected with age, complete ring about neck signifying a fully mature bird. Field Marks. — Size of Semipalmated Plover or Ring-neck; the only pale ring-neck on beach; color of dry sand above; black band above white forehead and partial or entire black ring round neck; in flight shows much white in wings. Voice. — A plaintive, piping whistle, queep, queep, queepo (J. H. Lan- gille); common note queep; some of its local names are derived from its notes as Peep-lo, Tee-o and Feeble. Breeding. — On wide, bare sand beaches or among sparse beach grass; sometimes at base of a low sand dune. Nest: A slight hollow in sand, lined (or not) with pebbles, bits of shell, etc. Eggs: Normally 4; to by .95 to in.; approaching pear-shape; size of eggs of Semipalmated Plover but usually rather paler and a little less elongated and pointed; clay color, very pale creamy-brown or creamy-white, finely dotted or speckled with chocolate or blackish-brown; practically no lines but a "few ob- scure shell marks of lilac or ; Dates: May 10 to June 14 (July 20) Massachusetts. Incubation: Probably by female alone. One brood yearly. Range. — Eastern North America. Breeds locally from southern Saskatchewan, southern Mani- toba, southern Ontario, southern Quebec, Magdalen and Amherst Islands, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia south to central Nebraska, Kansas, north
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