. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds. (iENUs XlilNGA Subgenus TRINGA. TKINGA CANUTUS Linx. 96. Knot (234) Bill, equalling or rather exceeding the liead, comparatively stout. Adult in Hummer:—Above, brownish-black, each feather tipped with ashy-white, and tinged with reddish on scapulars; below, uniform brownish-red, much as in the robin, fadi
. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario, with a description of their nests and eggs, and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs. Birds. (iENUs XlilNGA Subgenus TRINGA. TKINGA CANUTUS Linx. 96. Knot (234) Bill, equalling or rather exceeding the liead, comparatively stout. Adult in Hummer:—Above, brownish-black, each feather tipped with ashy-white, and tinged with reddish on scapulars; below, uniform brownish-red, much as in the robin, fading into white on the flanks and crissum; upper tail coverts white with dusky bars, tail feathers and secondaries grayish-ash with white edges; quills, blackish; gray on the inner webs and with white shafts; bill and feet, blackish. Touiir/:—Above, clear ash, with numerous black and white semi- circles ; below white, more or less tinged witli reddish, dusky speckled on breast, wavy barred on sides. Length, 10-! 1; wing, 6-6A; tail, 2;^, nearly square; bill about IJ (veiy variable). —Nearly cosmopolitan. Breeds in higli northern latitudes, l)ut visits the southern hemisphere during its migration. Nest, a depiession in the sand. Eggs, light pea-green. This is the largest and handsomest of the 8andpipers, and though common along the .sea coast, it is only an occasional visitor inland. The specimen in my collection I killed many years ago on the muddy. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIlwraith, Thomas. London, T. Fisher Unwin; Toronto, William Briggs
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