. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 230 KEY AND DESGBIPTION A. Plumage of the back about uniform in color. (B.) B. Wing, 6-7 long; rump, orange-brown 3. Killdeer. B. Wing, 5|-6 long; no blacli band across breast. .8. Mountain Plover. B. Wing less than 5J long. (C.) C. Culmen, J or more long ; a black or dark brown band across breast 7. Wilson's Plover. C. Culmen about f long ; no black band across 6. Snowy Plover. C. Culmen less than f long. (D.) D. All toes distinctly webbed at base ; 'â
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. 230 KEY AND DESGBIPTION A. Plumage of the back about uniform in color. (B.) B. Wing, 6-7 long; rump, orange-brown 3. Killdeer. B. Wing, 5|-6 long; no blacli band across breast. .8. Mountain Plover. B. Wing less than 5J long. (C.) C. Culmen, J or more long ; a black or dark brown band across breast 7. Wilson's Plover. C. Culmen about f long ; no black band across 6. Snowy Plover. C. Culmen less than f long. (D.) D. All toes distinctly webbed at base ; 'â feathers black be- tween the eye and the bill 4. Semipalmated Plover. D. Inner toes without distinct webbing; no black from the eye to the bill 5. Piping Plover. 1. Black-bellied Plover (270. Squatclrola squathrola). â As seen in the autumn and winter in the United States: a short-billed, short-tailed, large (for a plover), mottled, grayish- brown, shore bird, with grayish or whit- ish under parts mot- tled with more or less of blackish on the breast. This is our only plover with a hind toe; it is mi- nute, being only about \ inch long. The bird derives its name from its very black under parts, in the breeding season, in the far north. During its northward migration in the spring, it is found with a more or less complete black breast and fore belly. The axillary plumes^ (long feathers growing from the armpit and seen underneath the "l^^fep) wings) are black. (Black-breast; Bull-head Plover; Beetle-head.) Length, llj; wing, T\ (7-7J) ; tail, 3; tarsus, 2; culmen, 11. Gen- erally throughout the northern hemisphere, thougli not confined to it; breeding far nortli, and wintering in Florida, the West Indies, and northern South Blaok-liellied Plover. 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 work.
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