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THE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 



FItoto by Finlcy and Bohlman. 



YOUNG BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. 



Nests occur in\\\ in cnlunies, sometimes to the inimher of thousands. 

 Where timber abounds, phitforms of sticks are placed in saplings or tall 

 trees, but in the arid regions they nest upim ])roken-(lo\vn tules, or even 

 upon the ground. 



No colonies have been re])orted in Washington, but there must lie at 

 least one, proliahh- several, in the Big Bend-Palouse country. 



No. 252. 



BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 



A, O, IL No. 270. Sqiiatarola squatarola (Linn.). 



Synonyms. — BeeteE-hkad. Ox-Eye. 



Description. — .Idult in sniiiiiicr: Above, broadly dusky or black varied by 

 white in spots and terminal edgings, the latter color predominating on top of head 

 and hind-neck and on wings ; primaries dusky brown, with large basal areas and 

 portion of shaft (increasing inwardly) white; upper tail-coverts and tail white, 

 barred with black ; forehead, space over eye, and sides of neck, to or below breast, 

 white; lining of wings, lower belly, thighs, and crissum, white; sides of head and 

 remaining underparts, including axillars, sootv black : bill and feet black. Aduli 



