. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ar across forehead ; upper parts brownish gray, under parts white. Adults in .^ . winter: black of summer plumage replaced by dark |Hk - -^ ^m. gray. Young: like winter adults, but with feathers |^9L • of upper parts edged with biiffy. Length: , |H^% wing , bill ., tarsus . I^V ^ ,i Distribution. — In North America, breeding far T,,~~, north, wintering from Texas to Brazil, Peru, and the ^^ ■ Galapagos Islands. Nest. — A depre
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ar across forehead ; upper parts brownish gray, under parts white. Adults in .^ . winter: black of summer plumage replaced by dark |Hk - -^ ^m. gray. Young: like winter adults, but with feathers |^9L • of upper parts edged with biiffy. Length: , |H^% wing , bill ., tarsus . I^V ^ ,i Distribution. — In North America, breeding far T,,~~, north, wintering from Texas to Brazil, Peru, and the ^^ ■ Galapagos Islands. Nest. — A depression in the ground, sometimes lined with grass and leaves. Eggs: 4, dull huffy or olive buff, spotted with dark brown and black. This species is quite common in suitable localities throughoutthe continent. They are often met with upon low, marshy ground,but seem to prefer the sandy shores to barren lands. (Goss.) 277a. .ZSgialitis meloda circumcincta Ridgw. Belted Pip-ing and inner toes without basal web. Adult male in summer : upperparts huffy gray, a black bar across chest and one across front of crown ;. PLOVERS 105 forehead, collar, and under parts white. Adult female in summer : dullerblack. Adults in winter: black replaced by buffy gray. Young: likewinter adult, but with buffy edgings to feathers of back. Length : , wing- , biU . Distribution. — Mississippi valley and north to Lake Winnipeg, west toCheyenne, Wyoming, east occasionally to the Atlantic ; breeding fromIllinois and Nebraska northward, and wintering on the Gulf coast andsouthward. 278. -^gialitis nivosa Cass. Snowy Plover. Bill longer than middle toe without claw, slender, and entirely band reduced to a spot at each side of breast. Adults in summer :crown and back pale buffy gray ; face and under parts white ; wide baracross front of crown, ear patch, and spot at side of chest black. Adultsin winter: black replaced by dusky gray. Young: similar to w
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