. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . -. Oucep, queep, quecp-o. or p^, pceplo, each syllable being uttered with a separate, distinct, and some- THE BELTED PIPING PLOVER. 491 what long-drawn enunciation, may imitate its peculiar melody—the toneof which is round, full and sweet, reminding one of a high key on an Italianhand-organ, or the haut-boy in a church organ. No. 223. BELTED PIPING PLOVER. A. O. U. No. 277a. /Egialitis meloda circumcincta Ridgw. Description.—Similar to preceding species, but black band com
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . -. Oucep, queep, quecp-o. or p^, pceplo, each syllable being uttered with a separate, distinct, and some- THE BELTED PIPING PLOVER. 491 what long-drawn enunciation, may imitate its peculiar melody—the toneof which is round, full and sweet, reminding one of a high key on an Italianhand-organ, or the haut-boy in a church organ. No. 223. BELTED PIPING PLOVER. A. O. U. No. 277a. /Egialitis meloda circumcincta Ridgw. Description.—Similar to preceding species, but black band complete on breastand cervix. No difference in measurements. Nesting not appreciably different. General Range.—Mississippi Valley, breeding from northern Illinois, northto Lake Winnipeg; more or less frequent eastward to the Atlantic Coast. Range in Ohio.—Imperfectly known. Recorded by Moseley as rare on LakeErie. Recently found breeding there. A fortunate discovery made late in the season of 1903 enables us to?dd this interesting bird to the state list. On the 26th of June, while. l\:kcii at Cedar Point. WHERE THE NESTS. Photo by the Autho 492 THE BELTED PIPING PLOVER. Professor James H. Hine was doing tlie honors of the new biological labor-atory at Cedar Point, our party of three came upon a strange Plover, ashe danced before the lapping waves on the neighboring shore. A hundred vards or so lie-low we saw an-other, evidentlyof the same spe-cies, entertain-ing his matewith a flightsong. He wouldcircle roundand round withq u i V e r i n gwings, describ-ing curves ahundred feet orso in diameter,and whistlingthe while a pro-longed soft notewith a rising in-flection. Pro-fessor Joneswas detailed onthe case andSi lon came backreporting a nestMl four eggs,—iliat shown inthe accompany-ing had con-cealed himselfquietly in aclump of wil-lows, andmarked the fe-rn a 1 e a s she stole to her nest. The bird liad settled once in the middle of the pathlesssand
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