. A first book upon the birds of Oregon & Washington; a pocket guide and pupil's assistant in a study of the more common land birds and a few of the shore and water birds of these states . il, chiefly yellowish, varied with white,dusky, and grayish ; forehead, stripe back of eye, hind-neck or nape, throat, breast, and abdomen, white ; fore-part of crown, stripe across lores, a band encirclingneck, and another upon breast, black ; eyelids, brightorange-red in life. Summer resident. THE NORTHERN PHALAROPE. General Description : Female: Upper parts, lead-color and blackish-brown ; under parts, ch
. A first book upon the birds of Oregon & Washington; a pocket guide and pupil's assistant in a study of the more common land birds and a few of the shore and water birds of these states . il, chiefly yellowish, varied with white,dusky, and grayish ; forehead, stripe back of eye, hind-neck or nape, throat, breast, and abdomen, white ; fore-part of crown, stripe across lores, a band encirclingneck, and another upon breast, black ; eyelids, brightorange-red in life. Summer resident. THE NORTHERN PHALAROPE. General Description : Female: Upper parts, lead-color and blackish-brown ; under parts, chestnut above, and whitebelow, separated by a lead-colored : Smaller, with darker in late summer and in autumn, and again inthe early spring, upon our coast. The Northern Phalaropes nest in the Arcticregions, at least at, or above 55°. They stopupon our shores for some time, both during thenorthern and the southern passage,—their winterhome being along and below the California birds are extremely interesting. Theyseem to be only a Snipe, and yet we often findthem swimming quite far from land. Naturehas equipped them for this, for they have feet. Killdeer Brooding. (See foot-note, page 12.) Birds of Oregon and Washington 203 which are lobed and somewhat webbed. Theirconnubial habits in the North are most extra-ordinary, for here seems to be a case of malesubjection and bird- womans rights, with avengeance, for, in this instance, it is the femalethat does all the courting, and the male thatdoes all the brooding when once the eggs arelaid. As has been remarked in the GeneralDescription, the male is smaller than the female,as seems fitting in this reversal of the usual sexrelation. Particular Description.—As in general descrip-tion, and further, a white spot above and below the eye;flanks, white, streaked with black; center of wings,black; breast, white ; bill, black ; and feet, lead-color. THE LEAST SANDPIPER. General Description : Upper par
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