. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . plumage:Without rufous; the black mostly replaced by brown, and the rufous by gray;black of breast much restricted. Immature: Similar to adult in winter, butwith some ochraceous margining above; head chiefly dusky, the foreneck cloudedwith dusky. Length () ; wing () ; tail () ;bill .90 () ; tarsus (). Recognition Marks.—Killdeer size; patch-work in rufous, black, and whiteabove; black and white below; beach-haunting habits. Nes
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . plumage:Without rufous; the black mostly replaced by brown, and the rufous by gray;black of breast much restricted. Immature: Similar to adult in winter, butwith some ochraceous margining above; head chiefly dusky, the foreneck cloudedwith dusky. Length () ; wing () ; tail () ;bill .90 () ; tarsus (). Recognition Marks.—Killdeer size; patch-work in rufous, black, and whiteabove; black and white below; beach-haunting habits. Nesting.—Does not breed in Ohio. Nest, on the ground. Eggs. 3 to 4,clay-colored, blotched and scrawled with grayish brown (Chapman). Av. size, X ( X ). General Range.—Nearly cosmopolitan. In America from Greenland andAlaska to the Straits of Magellan; more or less common in the interior of NorthAmerica on the shores of the Great Lakes and the larger rivers. Breeds in highnorthern latitudes. Range in Ohio.—Not common ; found only on the Lake Erie shore,—savefor one record at THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK. 495 TWICE only have I seen flocks of these tardy migrants resting on theLake Erie shore or feeding on moist plowed lands adjacent to it. On May22nd, 1897, several squads, aggregating twenty-five birds, were seen on thepebbly beach west of Lorain. They appeared fatigued after their long jour-ne}, but were quite wary and could be approached only by stealth. Forthe most part they kept back from the waters edge upon the dry sand, butone waded boldly into the water and allowed the low waves to buffet himrepeatedly. On June 4th, 1903, in company with Rev. W. F. Henninger,of Tiffin, I was surprised and delighted, in view of the late date, to see aflock of sixteen of these waders feeding industriously on a large piece ofleclaimed swamp land near Port Clinton. By cautious approach under coverof a dyke, we were able to see that both sexes were about equally r
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