. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 264 BIRDS OF AMERICA PIPING PLOVER ^gialitis meloda (Urd) A. O. U. Number 277 Other Names.— Ringneck; Pale Ringneck; White Ringneck; Belted Piping Plover; Western Piping Plover; Clam Bird; Mourning Bird; Beach Plover; Sand Plover. General Description.— Length, 7 inches. Upper parts, color of dry sand; under parts, snowy white. 'fdcs. not Zi'cbbcd: hind toe missing; bill short. Color.— Forehead, white; a black band on front of crown from eye to eye; lores, streak behind eye, chin, throat, sides of head, a half collar around back of neck, and entire u
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 264 BIRDS OF AMERICA PIPING PLOVER ^gialitis meloda (Urd) A. O. U. Number 277 Other Names.— Ringneck; Pale Ringneck; White Ringneck; Belted Piping Plover; Western Piping Plover; Clam Bird; Mourning Bird; Beach Plover; Sand Plover. General Description.— Length, 7 inches. Upper parts, color of dry sand; under parts, snowy white. 'fdcs. not Zi'cbbcd: hind toe missing; bill short. Color.— Forehead, white; a black band on front of crown from eye to eye; lores, streak behind eye, chin, throat, sides of head, a half collar around back of neck, and entire under parts, pure snowy white; crown and upper parts, very pale ashy-brozvn; a black band on upper breast tending to encircle neck but not meet- ing; an indistinct dusky streak behind eye; primaries, dusky with white spaces at base; secondaries and greater coverts, mostly white; long inner secondaries, similar to back; upper tail-coverts and base of tail, white, latter blackening toward end, and outer pair of feathers, entirely white; an orange-red ring around eye; basal half of bill, orange yellow, front half, black; feet, yellowish; iris, brown. Adult Female: The crown bar is usually dark brown and the breastband much reduced and brownish. Young; No trace of dark color on head, and little, if any, on sides of neck; leathers of upper parts with pale or rusty edgings; bill, mainly black. Nest and Eggs.— Eggs : Generally laid among stones on the beach; 4, clay color or creamy-white, thinly and uniformly marked with sepia specks, some- times mere points. Distribution.— Eastern North America; breeds locally from southern Saskatchewan, southern On- tario, Magdalen , and Nova Scotia south to central Nebraska, northwestern Indiana, Lake Erie, New Jersey (formerly), and Virginia; winters on the coast of the United States from Texas to Georgia, and in northern Mexico; casual in migration to Newfound- land, the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and Bermuda. Truly a bird of the
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