. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. >'^>-. RUDr3V BEACH-DIRD. (." Char. Xo hiiul ti^e : bill somewhat «imilnr to n P'ovrr. In summer: above, iiMttlcd rufous and b'iacki>h brown, nio^i r>f tlic leathers tipjicd with gravish white; head aid neck pale chestnut spotted with brown; wing-covcit< tipped with white; outer tail-teathpr/. Under a bu>h or aniid a tuft of weeds; a depression lined
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. >'^>-. RUDr3V BEACH-DIRD. (." Char. Xo hiiul ti^e : bill somewhat «imilnr to n P'ovrr. In summer: above, iiMttlcd rufous and b'iacki>h brown, nio^i r>f tlic leathers tipjicd with gravish white; head aid neck pale chestnut spotted with brown; wing-covcit< tipped with white; outer tail-teathpr/. Under a bu>h or aniid a tuft of weeds; a depression lined with dry grass. i^tr^^f. ::-4: greenish butY or brownish olive, spotted chietlv around the larger end with brown ; X The Sandcrlings, in accumulating flock>. arrive on the shores of Massachusetts from their remote northern breeding-places towards the close of .\ugust. They are seen also about the same time on the coast of New Jersey and still farther to the South, where they remain throughout the greater part of I he winter, gleaning their subsistence exclusivelv alontj the immediate borders of the ocean, and are particularly attached to sandy flats and low. sterile, solitar}' coasts divested of vege- VOI,. II. — 4 I. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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