. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . dautumn—and the first plumage of the young resemblessomewhat the adult summer dress; but this soonchanges to the winter plumage of their parents, and isthe garb in which they present themselves, during theirfirst migration, to the inhabitants of lands south of theirbreeding places. In some instances, from use andexposure, the feathers of the
. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . dautumn—and the first plumage of the young resemblessomewhat the adult summer dress; but this soonchanges to the winter plumage of their parents, and isthe garb in which they present themselves, during theirfirst migration, to the inhabitants of lands south of theirbreeding places. In some instances, from use andexposure, the feathers of the body become shortenedby the wearing away of their margins, and then thebird presents a different aspect, as though it had almostmoulted, the brighter colors of the summer dress hav-ing given way to the more subdued tints prominent inautumn, as the body colors or those lying towards thecenter of the feather come into view. These birds,properly speaking, make no nest, a slight depression inthe ground, sometimes lined with grass, sufficing forthe purpose, and the eggs, generally pyriform in shape,are dotted and spotted with various colors. The orderis a very large one, represented in all parts of theglobe, and contains about two hundred species. k:. COPYRtGI :. Red Phalarope. COPYRtGHTED 0Y FRANCIS P. HABPEfl. 1895. RED PHALAROPE. pHE Red or Gray Phalarope, Coot-footed Tringa, Sea-* goose, Whale Bird, and Bowhead Bird, by each andall of which names it is known, is, like its relatives, abird of the boreal regions, coming southward onlywhen driven by the severity of the winters cold, whenit appears along our coasts and in the Ohio it is more a maritime than an inland species, andfinds its home upon the waves, being frequently seenone to two hundred miles from land. It has been pro-cured on Long Island, though rather rare, and I had afine specimen in my possession in winter plumage, killednear Islip. It is doubtful if it goes on our Atlanticcoast farther south than New
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