. The birds of Australia. Birds. 96 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Genus Squatarola. No facial wattle. No spur on wing. Hind toe present. The Grey Plover. Squatarola helvetica. Sub-Arctic regions south to Australia and Tasmania; South Africa and South America in winter. General colour above mottled with bars of black and ashy white; lower back dusky brown, with white spots and fringes to the feathers; upper tail coverts and tail feathers white, barred with blackish brown; crown of head more minutely mottled than the back; forehead and eyebrow white, extending down the sides of the neck and forming a.
. The birds of Australia. Birds. 96 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA Genus Squatarola. No facial wattle. No spur on wing. Hind toe present. The Grey Plover. Squatarola helvetica. Sub-Arctic regions south to Australia and Tasmania; South Africa and South America in winter. General colour above mottled with bars of black and ashy white; lower back dusky brown, with white spots and fringes to the feathers; upper tail coverts and tail feathers white, barred with blackish brown; crown of head more minutely mottled than the back; forehead and eyebrow white, extending down the sides of the neck and forming a. Golden Plover: Australian Museum. Gharadrius Uulvus) patch on side of breast; under surface of body black; abdomen white. The winter plumage has not the black on the face or breast, and the upper surface is ashy brown with narrow whitish edgings to the feathers; base of forehead like the crown; throat and underparts white, and the axillaries black. Total length inches, culmen , wing , tail , tarsus Nest a shallow depression in the moss with a little lining. They nest in the Tundra country in Northern Siberia, and lay four eggs which are of varying shades of stone colour, marked with blackish-brown blotches, mostly on the larger end, those on the pointed end being smaller. The eggs measure about X Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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