. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. SANDERLING. RUDDY PLOVER. BEACH-BIRD. CaLIDRIS ARENARIA. Char. No hind toe ; bill somewhat similar to a Plover. In summer: above, mottled rufous and blackish brown, most of the feathers tipped with grayish white; head and neck pale chestnut spotted with brown; wing-coverts tipped with white; outer tail-feathers white; lower parts white. In wi
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. SANDERLING. RUDDY PLOVER. BEACH-BIRD. CaLIDRIS ARENARIA. Char. No hind toe ; bill somewhat similar to a Plover. In summer: above, mottled rufous and blackish brown, most of the feathers tipped with grayish white; head and neck pale chestnut spotted with brown; wing-coverts tipped with white; outer tail-feathers white; lower parts white. In winter the rufous tints are replaced by pearl gray, and the spring plumage displays a mixture of the two. In young birds the head, neck, and back are tinged with buff. Length about 8 inches. Nest. Under a bush or amid a tuft of weeds; a depression lined with dry grass. Plggs. 2-4; greenish buff or brownish olive, spotted chiefly around the larger end with brown ; X The Sanderlings, in accumulating flocks, arrive on the shores of Massachusetts from their remote northern breeding-places towards the close of August. 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 the winter, gleaning their subsistence exclusively along the immediate borders of the ocean, and are particularly attached to sandy flats and low, sterile, solitary coasts divested of vege- VOL. I. — 4. 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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