. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 266 BIRDS OF AMERICA WILSON'S PLOVER Ochthodromus wilsonius ( Orel) A. O, U. Number 280 General Description.— Length. 8 inches. Color above, ashy-gray: below, pure white. Head large; bill long and large; outer toes webbed halfway. Color.—.\dult Male in Summer: Forehead, white, extending backward above eye; narrow black band across fore crown, not reaching eyes ; lores, dusky ; a white collar continuous with throat, around neck; upper parts, pale ashy-gray tinged with brown or ocher on back of head and neck, feathers of back and wing- coverts, with l
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 266 BIRDS OF AMERICA WILSON'S PLOVER Ochthodromus wilsonius ( Orel) A. O, U. Number 280 General Description.— Length. 8 inches. Color above, ashy-gray: below, pure white. Head large; bill long and large; outer toes webbed halfway. Color.—.\dult Male in Summer: Forehead, white, extending backward above eye; narrow black band across fore crown, not reaching eyes ; lores, dusky ; a white collar continuous with throat, around neck; upper parts, pale ashy-gray tinged with brown or ocher on back of head and neck, feathers of back and wing- coverts, with lighter edges ; primaries and central tail- feathers, dusky; the outer pair whitish; others, color of back, growing darker toward end. and white-tipped; a black half ring on fore-breast not completed around neck ; rest of under parts, pure white ; secondaries, ex- cept inner ones, mostly white on inner web. darker on outer; bill, black; legs, flesh color; iris, dark brown ; no colored riiiq arttund eye. Adult M.\le in Winter: Black replaced by dusky-gray. Adult Female: Black on breast of male replaced by dark gray, with a rusty tinge; otherwise similar to summer male. Young: Differ only from the adult female in having no black on crown or lores. Nest and Eggs.— Egcs : Laid among the loose peb- bles of the open beaches ; 3. pale olive or greenish-gray, spotted and splashed all over with blackish-brown. Distribution.— Southern North America; breeds from Texas eastward along the Gulf coast, and from southeastern Virginia (formerly New Jersey), south to the northern Bahamas; winters from southern Lower California, Texas, and Florida south to southern Gua- temala and probably to the West Indies; casual in Nova Scotia and New England, and at San Diego, California. Wilson's Plover looks like a bleached and faded copy of the Semipalmated, or else a more robust and darker type of the Piping Plover. Its much larger and stouter bill, however, pro- claims its identity, as does the f
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