. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . , tarsus Distribution. — From British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Quebec;south in winter to Brazil and Patag-onia; breeding from Illinois, Colorado,and Kansas northward, mainly in the interior. Nest. — On ground, in slight excavation ; lined with grass. Eggs : o or4, creamy, buff or drab, spotted with dark brown. Tliere is not among all our waders a more dainty, (.\([nisitelycohjred bird than the Wilson phalarope, with its warm, richly blende
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . , tarsus Distribution. — From British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Quebec;south in winter to Brazil and Patag-onia; breeding from Illinois, Colorado,and Kansas northward, mainly in the interior. Nest. — On ground, in slight excavation ; lined with grass. Eggs : o or4, creamy, buff or drab, spotted with dark brown. Tliere is not among all our waders a more dainty, (.\([nisitelycohjred bird than the Wilson phalarope, with its warm, richly blendedtints, trim form, and .soft plumage. You find it in small tloeks,swinuuing on the ponds like tiny ducks, or sandpiper-like pickingabout on the muddy shores. Should jou enter its marshy breedinggrounds it will Hy anxiously about your head with a low croaking note, threatening and coaxing to get you away from its nest andyoung. Like tlu; other phalaropes the female is larger and brighter coloredthan the male and is said to leave most of the incubation and care ofthe young to her more protectively colored mate. V^ 86 AVOCETS AND STILTS FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDiE: AVOCETS ANDSTILTS. KEY TO GENERA. 1. Bill strongly curved upward toward end, hind toe present but minute; front toes half webbed Recurvirostra, p. 8(3. 1. Bill scarcely or not at all curved upwards, hind toe wanting, only a small web between outer and middle toes . Himantopus, p. SO. GENUS RECURVIROSTRA. 225. Recurvirostra americana Gmel Avocet. Bill black, feet and legs bluish. Adults in summer jylumage : head, neck, chest, and shoulders lightcinnamon, shading intowhitish around base ofbill; under parts, rump,and large patches onwing white; primaries,base of wing, and half of„. ^ scapulars black. Adults Flc 101 • • ; ° ■ in Winter jnumage : cmna- mon of head, neck, and chest replaced by grayish white. Young: likewinter adults, but quills and scapulars tipped with whitish, and back ofneck tinged
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