. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . uld be protected throughout the summer months andallowed to roam unmolested on beach, marsh, meadow andupland. Such protection would save those which normallybreed here and would give the people a chance to becomeaccjuainted with t
. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . uld be protected throughout the summer months andallowed to roam unmolested on beach, marsh, meadow andupland. Such protection would save those which normallybreed here and would give the people a chance to becomeaccjuainted with the migrating species which would swarm herein the summer months if the State could be made a safe placefor them to rest in. Birds like the Plovers, which commonlylay no more than four eggs in a season and rear but one brood,cannot stand excessive shooting during a long open have had practically no protection until recent the Plover season were reduced to one month (September)all over the United States, these birds might have some chanceto recover their former numbers. If they could be protectedand increased they would be valuable to agriculture. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 335 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER {Squatarola squatarola). Common or local names: Blackbreasted Plover; Blackbreast; Beetle-head; Bull-head Chuckle-head; Bottle-head; Adult (Spring). Young (Fall.) Length. — About 11 inches; bill ; usually has a small hind toe. Adult in Spring. — Above varied with blackish and ashy white; hind headand back black, spotted and marked with wdiite; tail white, barred withbrownish black; wings showing a band of white in flight; sides of head,fore neck, throat, breast and upper belly black, bordered broadly bywhite on each side, from forehead to lower breast; axillary feathers(showing under the raised wings) black; legs and feet dusky lead color;adult spring female smaller, duller and with less pure black. Adult in Late Summer and Fall. — Upper parts
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