. Handbook of birds of eastern North America, with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests, and eggs .. . ta^o;?(7/); Semipalmated Plover ; Eing- NECK. (See Fig. 25, d, 26, e.) Ad. in summer.—Feathers at the base of the upper mandible, front of thecrown, sides of the head be-low the eye, and a bandon the breast, which gener-ally encircles the neck allaround, black ; rest of underparts and a ring around theneck white; back of headand back brownish gray;inner tail-feathers brownishgray, outer ones becominggradually white ; toes tvehhedat the base. Winter plum-age.—Similar,
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America, with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests, and eggs .. . ta^o;?(7/); Semipalmated Plover ; Eing- NECK. (See Fig. 25, d, 26, e.) Ad. in summer.—Feathers at the base of the upper mandible, front of thecrown, sides of the head be-low the eye, and a bandon the breast, which gener-ally encircles the neck allaround, black ; rest of underparts and a ring around theneck white; back of headand back brownish gray;inner tail-feathers brownishgray, outer ones becominggradually white ; toes tvehhedat the base. Winter plum-age.—Similar, but the blackreplaced by brownish , G-75 ; W., 4-80; Tar., -90; Fig. 65.—Semipalmated Plover. (Natural size.) j^ .50. Fangc.—Breeds from Lab-rador to the shores of the Arctic Sea; winters from the Gulf States to Brazil. Washington, casual, three specimens. May; Aug. Long Island, commonT. May; Aug. and Sept. Sing Sing, common T. V. in fall; Aug. 23 toSept. 20. Cambridge, rare in spring; sometimes common in Aug. andSept. , Eggs, three to four, buffy white or creamy bufl, spotted with chocolate,1-30 X PLOVERS. 175 This species frequents sandy beaches, mud-flats, and marshes. Itis found generally in small flocks of five or ten individuals, which,unlike the Sand Oxeyes, do not feed in a compact body, but run raj)-idly about, independently of one another. When they take wing,however, they close ranks at once and move as though governed byone desire. Their simple, sweet, plaintive call is one of the most characteristicnotes heard on our shores. At noonday, when the heat waves aredancing over the marshes and even the twittering Oxeyes are silent,one may hear the cool, pure notes of this little Plover. They may be ^ ^ ^ ^ written —-^F —. A third, shorter note is sometimes added. Even a whistled imitation of them takes me to the beaches. The EiNG Plover {275. ^gialltis Maticula)^ an Old-World species, isfound in Greenland. It is sunilar to the preceding but s
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