. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Black-beliied Plover. Greenish VjulT. This handsome bird is about the same size asthe Black-bellied Plover (10 5 inches long). Nohind toe. Back and tail mottled with black andyellow; below, more or less entirely black to thelail. Young and winter adults, more or less spot-ted with yellow and blackish-brown above, andgrayish-white below, wilh indistinct streaks on the breast. Often confused withthe last species in this plumage, bu
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Black-beliied Plover. Greenish VjulT. This handsome bird is about the same size asthe Black-bellied Plover (10 5 inches long). Nohind toe. Back and tail mottled with black andyellow; below, more or less entirely black to thelail. Young and winter adults, more or less spot-ted with yellow and blackish-brown above, andgrayish-white below, wilh indistinct streaks on the breast. Often confused withthe last species in this plumage, but is smaller, bill smaller and more slender,and the axillars, or feathers nearest the body, under the wings, are gray whilethose of the Black-bellied Plover are black. This species is now regarded asrare on the North Atlantic coast during migrations, while in the interior it ismore abundant than the last species. They do not seem to be as suspicious asthe Black-bellies, and a floclc will often allow a close approach, even when theysee you. They nest abundantly along the coast and islands of the Arctic four eggs are very similar to those
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