. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. CHARADRIID^, TLOVER. GEN. 189, 190. ' 243 all near VaneUus proper, and a part of them are 4-toed. Our species are found along the seashore, b}' the water's edge in other open places, and in dry plains and fields. They all perform extensive migrations, appearing with great regularity in the spring and fall, and most of them breed far northward.
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. CHARADRIID^, TLOVER. GEN. 189, 190. ' 243 all near VaneUus proper, and a part of them are 4-toed. Our species are found along the seashore, b}' the water's edge in other open places, and in dry plains and fields. They all perform extensive migrations, appearing with great regularity in the spring and fall, and most of them breed far northward. They are all more or less gregarious except when breeding. They run and fly with great rapidity ; the voice is a mellow whistle ; the food is chiefly of an animal nature. The eggs are commonly four in number, speckled, very large at one end and pointed at the other, placed with the small ends together in a slight nest or mere depression in the ground. The sexes are generally similar, but the changes with age and season are great. Obs. The European lapwing, VaneUus cristatus, is reported by Mr. Dall from Alaska, where, however, specimens were not talvcn. (Alaska and its Resources, ) jf. Fig. 154. Bl;ick-belliecl Plover. IQ V 189. Genus SQUATAROLA Cuvier. Blach-hellied Plover. Beetle-headed Plover. Whistling Field Plover. Bull-head. Ox-eye. A small hind toe, hardly J long ; plumage speckled. Adult ill breeding season (rarely seen in the U. S.) : face and entire nnder parts black, upper parts variegated with black, and M'hite or ashy; tail barred with black and white; quills dusky, with largo white patches. Adult at other times, and j'oung : below white, more or less shaded with gray, the throat and breast speckled with dusky; above blackish, speckled with white or yellowish; the rump white with dark bars; legs dull bluish. Old birds changing show every grade, from a few isolated black feathers on the under parts, to numerous large black patches. 11-12 ; wing 7 or more; tail
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