. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . habits this race does not differ from the eastern•^ Piping Plover. It breeds in various portions ofits range, and possibly as far eastward as Lake Kosh-konong, in Wisconsin, where, from the behavior of thebirds, Mr. Nelson supposed it nested on the beach, buthe found no nest or eggs, although he procured onefrom a female shot at Waukegan. It
. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . habits this race does not differ from the eastern•^ Piping Plover. It breeds in various portions ofits range, and possibly as far eastward as Lake Kosh-konong, in Wisconsin, where, from the behavior of thebirds, Mr. Nelson supposed it nested on the beach, buthe found no nest or eggs, although he procured onefrom a female shot at Waukegan. It occasionally oc-curs on the Atlantic Coast among flocks of the PipingPlover, straying from its home in the interior, in thesame way as the eastern bird appears among the west-ern race. In Texas, in the vicinity of Corpus Christi, itappears to be quite common. Aid A LITIS MELODA CIRCUMCINCTA. Habitat.—Mississippi Valley north to Lake Winnipeg. Occasional onAtlantic Coast. Breeding in its range. Adult Male.—Resembles the plumage of the Piping Plover, but has theblack on the breast continuous, forming an uninterrupted band. Youngbirds do not have this, and in individuals among adults it varies in intensity,caused possibly by difference of 62. Belted Pipinj)^ Plover.
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