. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . vEgialitis wilsonia. ^gialitis montana. Subgenus PODASOCYS Coues. /EQIALITIS MONTANA {Towns.).Mountain Plover. Above uniform brownish gray; feathers occasionally edged with tawny brown ; under partsentirely white with the exception of the breast, which at times shows a tinge of gray; a blackloral stripe extending from the bill to the eye, and a black superciliary stripe back of the head,showing a patch of black; shafts of the first primary white ; wing coverts grayish brown,some of them tipped wi
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . vEgialitis wilsonia. ^gialitis montana. Subgenus PODASOCYS Coues. /EQIALITIS MONTANA {Towns.).Mountain Plover. Above uniform brownish gray; feathers occasionally edged with tawny brown ; under partsentirely white with the exception of the breast, which at times shows a tinge of gray; a blackloral stripe extending from the bill to the eye, and a black superciliary stripe back of the head,showing a patch of black; shafts of the first primary white ; wing coverts grayish brown,some of them tipped with white ; bill black ; legs pale brown. Length, ; Wing, 6; Tarsus, ; Bill, .95. Temperate North America from the great plains westward ; accidentalin Florida. () This species has been recorded from Florida, but it is not common inthe State and must be considered as merely an accidental straggler. The eggs are three to four in number, of olive brown color dotted andmarked with brown. 296 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. Family APHRIZID^. Surf Birds and ARE
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