. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . ye to tliebill 5. Piping Plover. 1. Black-bellied Plover (LVO. SqucUdrola squatiirola). — Asseen in the autumn and winter in the United States: ashort-billed, short-tailed, lar^e (for a plover), mottled, grayish-brown, shore bird,with grayish or whit-ish under parts mot-t led with more or lessuf blackish on thebreast. This is ouronly i)l(>ver with ahind toe; it is mi-nute, being only aboutJ inch long. The birdderives its name fromits very black underparts, in the bre
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . ye to tliebill 5. Piping Plover. 1. Black-bellied Plover (LVO. SqucUdrola squatiirola). — Asseen in the autumn and winter in the United States: ashort-billed, short-tailed, lar^e (for a plover), mottled, grayish-brown, shore bird,with grayish or whit-ish under parts mot-t led with more or lessuf blackish on thebreast. This is ouronly i)l(>ver with ahind toe; it is mi-nute, being only aboutJ inch long. The birdderives its name fromits very black underparts, in the breedingseason, in the far north. During its northward migration inthe spring, it is found with a more or less complete black breastand fore belly. The axillary plumes- (long feathersgrowing from the armpit and seen underneath the ^^^^^^wings) are black. (Black-breast; Bull-head Plover;Beetle-head.) Length, 111; wing, \ (7-71) ; tail, .3; tarsus, 2; culmen, IJ. Gen-erally throughout the northern hemisphere, though not confined to it;breeding far north, and wintering in Florida, the West Indies, andnorthern South Black-bellied Plover FAM. XXXVIII. PLOVERS 231 2. American Golden Plover (272. Charddrius domlnicus). — Asseen in the United States, a short-billed, three-toed shorebird, with the entire upper parts blackish, brightly dotted andmarked with golden and whitish spots, and the lower partsgrayish-white, with brownish streakings on the sides. In latespring, while migrating northward, some of these birds areseen with the black bellies of the breeding season. Thesegraceful, quick-moving birds are found in marshes and oldfields as well as on the sand flats exposed b}- the tide. Theyhave the habit, common among plovers, of rapidly running afew yards, then stopping, elevating the head and lookingaround. (Greenback.) Length, 9i-ll ; wing, 7 (6|-7f) ; tail, 3; tarsus, If; culmen, |.America ; breeding in the Arctic regions, and wintering from Florida toPatagonia. 3. Killde
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