. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . above, mixedwith rufous; black on head much as in the adult, but thebands meet behind; white beneath with a single black bandsurrounding neck. A noisy bird, constantly crying A7//-dee in loud and shrill tones as it flies. Flight, rapid, notdirect for the bird twists and turns, wing beats, quick butlong and decided. Frequents moist places, either on thecoast or in the interior, sometimes on sea beaches or on bod-ies of fresh water. Often squats to hide when approached,then rises suddenly with loud cries. Somewhat nocturnal,flying readily by
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . above, mixedwith rufous; black on head much as in the adult, but thebands meet behind; white beneath with a single black bandsurrounding neck. A noisy bird, constantly crying A7//-dee in loud and shrill tones as it flies. Flight, rapid, notdirect for the bird twists and turns, wing beats, quick butlong and decided. Frequents moist places, either on thecoast or in the interior, sometimes on sea beaches or on bod-ies of fresh water. Often squats to hide when approached,then rises suddenly with loud cries. Somewhat nocturnal,flying readily by night. Breeds throughout temperateN. is not common in N. E. at any time. Goes south in Nov. to winter from the Carolinas southward to north-ern S. A.; not common in the Bahamas and Greater Antil-les; comes north in March and April. d. Single-ringed Plover. sized, rather stout plovers with short bills, short,slightly rounded tails, wings folding at tip, and short legs ;with single ring on neck; sexes, similar, fig. DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 93 1. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, A. ; bill, .50; ring Fig. 109. completely encirclingneck; grayish-brownabove, but paler thanin c, 1; lunette onforehead, outer tailfeathers and tips of allbut central pair andbeneath, white; wideband on top of head,extending around eye on to ear coverts and -^^ over forehead ( thus Gr, E, d, 1. 1-3. including white lunette ), neck ring, spot on middle sub-terminal portion of tail, black; bill, yellow-orange at base ;feet, yellow, fig. 109. Winter, black markings replaced bybrownish. Young, differs from last in having the feathersof back margined with light buff. Downy young, grayish-brown above mottled with black ; lunette, collar on back ofneck, and beneath, white. Breeds in arctic and subarcticAmerica, migrating south from the middle of July until themiddle of Oct. when it is abundant along the coast and notuncommon in suitable places in the
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