. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 158 NEBTB AND BOOS OF â dotB. Sizes from to long by to broad. meuuuiTii iiH follows: , , (i. A set in Mr. Perry's cabinet 281. MOUNTAIN FLOVEB. .llffiaUlis inontana (Towns.) Geog. Dlst.âWest- ern North America, east to the Uveal Plains; accidental In Florida. More properly caliod Prairie Plover, l)ut It seems to have been l)adly named, for It certainly is a prairie bird, inhabiting the most barren prairies, as well as the watered regions of the United Sta
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 158 NEBTB AND BOOS OF â dotB. Sizes from to long by to broad. meuuuiTii iiH follows: , , (i. A set in Mr. Perry's cabinet 281. MOUNTAIN FLOVEB. .llffiaUlis inontana (Towns.) Geog. Dlst.âWest- ern North America, east to the Uveal Plains; accidental In Florida. More properly caliod Prairie Plover, l)ut It seems to have been l)adly named, for It certainly is a prairie bird, inhabiting the most barren prairies, as well as the watered regions of the United States, from the plains to the Pacific. It can readily be recognized by its large size, the lack of rings on the breast, with the uniform pale, yellowish-brown above. It is quite independent of water, and is said to be not the least aquatic, even on the Pacific coast; It frequents tne plain, never the marsh or beach. Nests anywhere on the open prairie in June and July. The eggs are usually three in number, olive-drab, with a brown shade, finely and thickly dotted with very dark brown and black, the markings not larger than a pin's head; sizes from to long by to broad. 282. SURF BIRD, i. â Ixf tgata (Qmel.) Oeog. Dlst.âPacific coast of America, from Alaska to Chi Known as the Plover-bilK ; Tur:i> :»ne. It Is rare on our shores, although it la found almost along the entire s ⢠%'jii -opst of the two Americas. Little is known concerning its breeding place anu the *>.'. have not been discovered. Nelson se- cured specimens of the bird In the vicinity c' St. Michael's, Alaska, and the natives claimed that It bred on the bare mountains of the interior, some 20 or 30 miles from the coast. At the present time, however, its breeding place is unknown. 283. TURNSTONE. Arenarhi hiUrprcH (Linn.) Geog. Dlst.âEntlre'y cosmo- politan, chiefly along the sea coasts. Breeds in high northern latitudes. 01 CO Ar po thi It fro bic to I spe Rl^ fire ciflc ca. : i
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