. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . mo curlew is said to be an abundant migrant on theplains east of the Rocky Mountains. FAMILY CHARADRIIDiE: PLOVERS. KEY TO GENERA. 1. Hind toe present but small Squatarola, p. 102. 1. Hind toe wanting. 2. Upper parts spotted, belly black in summer, grayish in winter. Charadrius, p. 103. 2. Upper parts plain, belly always white .... -ffigialitis, p. 103. GENUS SQUATAROLA. 270. Squatarola squatarola (Linn.).Black-bellied Plover. Hind toe minute ; bill rather shor
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . mo curlew is said to be an abundant migrant on theplains east of the Rocky Mountains. FAMILY CHARADRIIDiE: PLOVERS. KEY TO GENERA. 1. Hind toe present but small Squatarola, p. 102. 1. Hind toe wanting. 2. Upper parts spotted, belly black in summer, grayish in winter. Charadrius, p. 103. 2. Upper parts plain, belly always white .... -ffigialitis, p. 103. GENUS SQUATAROLA. 270. Squatarola squatarola (Linn.).Black-bellied Plover. Hind toe minute ; bill rather short. Adultsin sujnmer: face, throat, and belly black, bor-dered with white ; upper parts spotted withblack and white ; upper tail coverts white atbase ; outer half of tail barred with in winter: under parts white, overlaid,streaked, and mottled with dusky and gray,becoming creamy or white on anal region;upper parts spotted with gray and : like winter adults, but spotted abovewith light yellow, gray, and black. , wing , bill , tarsus Distribution. — Nearly cosmopolitan, but. PLOVERS 103 chiefly in the northern hemisphere, breeding- far north; south in winter inAmerica to Brazil. Nest. — A depression in the ground lined with old grass. Eggs; 4, lightbuffy olive, spotted with dark brown or black. I have found this species quite common upon both coasts butrare inland, where it seldom stops except to rest on its migratoryflights to and from its breeding-grounds. ... In habits it is similarto the golden plover. (Goss.) GENUS CHARADRIUS. 272. Charadrius doiainicus Mull. Golden Plover. Hind toe wanting, bill small and slender. Adults in summer: upperparts black or dusky, spotted with bright yellow and white ; face, throat,and belly black, bordered witli a line of white ; tail dusky, barred withgray or yellow. Adults in winter : under parts mottled dusky gray; backless golden than in summer. Young: like winter adults, but with u
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