. Eggs of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 44 KfJGS OF NOli'fll AMERICAN dotted boldly with deep brown, with the larger markings often confluent, osj)0('i:illy towards the larger end; | to -|- Known by the ;ishy color and large confluent blotches. Breeds in Arctic America, in June. 272«. Pacific Golden Plovek, Vharadrius dontinicus ful- vus. Eggs, 3 or 4, pyriform, yellowish gray, blotched and spotted with deep brownish sepia; -|- to -|- Breeds in Asia and on islands in the Pacitic; in North Amer
. Eggs of North American birds [microform]. Birds; Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 44 KfJGS OF NOli'fll AMERICAN dotted boldly with deep brown, with the larger markings often confluent, osj)0('i:illy towards the larger end; | to -|- Known by the ;ishy color and large confluent blotches. Breeds in Arctic America, in June. 272«. Pacific Golden Plovek, Vharadrius dontinicus ful- vus. Eggs, 3 or 4, pyriform, yellowish gray, blotched and spotted with deep brownish sepia; -|- to -|- Breeds in Asia and on islands in the Pacitic; in North America, on the Pribylov Islands and coast of Alaska, in June. 273. KiLLDKER, ^gialitis vociferu. Eggs, 3 or 4, }»yriforra, creamy, spotted and lined with dark brown and umber, but spottings, not lines, predominate; -|- to -|- 1'50. Known by the creamy color and preponderance of spots. Breeds throughout temperate North America, from the Caro- linas, northward; rare in New England. Eggs laid in May. 274. Plover, ^gialitis semipalmata. Eggs, 3 or 4, pyriform, spotted irregularly and jilentifully with brown of varying shades; .90 -|- to .95 -j- Known by the abundance of spots and absence of lines. Breeds in Arctic and sub-Arctic America, in June. 275. Ring Plover, ^giaUtis hiatictda. Eggs, 3 or 4, in distinofuishable from those of No. 274. Breeds in the northern portions of the Old World, and in America on the west shore of Cumberland Gulf. 276. Little Ring Plover, uSiJgiaiitis dichifi. Eggs, 3 or 4, rather pyriform, varying from buff to creamy, spotted and dotted, not coarsely, with dark brown and black, with the usual paler shell-markings; .90 -\- to .95 -|- Known by the creamy color and niodium coarse markings. Extralimital; breeds in the Eastern Ilemisjihere. Birds accidental on the coast of California and Alaska. 277. Piping Plover, ^gialitis meloda. (Type, Plate VI.) Eggs, 4 or 5, pyriform, pale yellowish ash. finely and thick
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