. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Knot. Purple Sandpiper. 8S4. Knot. Tringa canmtiu. Range.—Arctic regloni In lummer; touth through th« UitUed SUtea. chiefly on the At- lantic coaat, to South America. Of about the aame aiie aa the Dowitchera, length inchea. but with a much ahorter bill. In Hummer the entire under parta are a uniform red- dish cheatnut color. The/ are known to breed In Arctic America, from Point Barrow and Hud- son Bay,
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. Knot. Purple Sandpiper. 8S4. Knot. Tringa canmtiu. Range.—Arctic regloni In lummer; touth through th« UitUed SUtea. chiefly on the At- lantic coaat, to South America. Of about the aame aiie aa the Dowitchera, length inchea. but with a much ahorter bill. In Hummer the entire under parta are a uniform red- dish cheatnut color. The/ are known to breed In Arctic America, from Point Barrow and Hud- son Bay, northward, but no authentic egga are known, at present to exlat In collections. One Uken from a bird by Lieut. Qreely, was a pea green color, specked with brown: elie As it was not fully developed. It was p<-obably correct neither aa to alie nor color. 285. Purple SANDPirii*. Arquatella maritima maritimd. Range.—Arctic regiona, wintering aouth to the Middle SUtes and the Oreat Lakes, but chiefly on tue coMt. A grayish and blackish colored species, about nine Inches long. It nests In northern Labrador, about Hudson Bay and In Iceland. Its eggs are a grayish buff color handsomely splashed with rich shades of brown and obscure markings of darker gray. DaU. — North- em Iceland, June 7, 1897. Four eggs. Nest a hollow In the ground Urayish burr. among grass and weeds and lined with a tew grasses. Collector, C. 233b. Aleutian Sandpiper. Arguatella maritima couei'i. Range.—Supposed to be a resident on the coast and islands of Alaskr om the Aleutians northward. A very similar species to the preceding; scarcely distinguishable. These Sandpipers, which are found In Alaska at all seasons of the year, breed during May and June. Their nesting habits are the same as those of the preceding bird and the eggs are Indlstlnguifhable. Size Data.—Unalaska, Bering Sea, June 3, 1898. Nest containing four eggs, a depression In the moss! lined with grasses
Size: 1843px × 1355px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbirds, booksubjectois
