SUMMER GROUP — WATER BIRDS 55 



SUMMER GROUP. 



WATER BIRDS. 



In sub-groups^ according to general habitat. 



119. UPLAND PLOVER. 



Blackish Pale rufous, black-streaked. 



12. Bill, yellow ; above, blackish, speckled with white 



or tawny ; tail, orange-brown, dark-barred, white-tipped ; 



upper breast and sides, black-streaked. 



In uplands and meadows ; a " game-bird ;" nest, of straw or grass, 

 on ground ; eggs, 4, clay-colored or creamy, spotted. 



120. WOODCOCK. 



Variegation of dark tints Variable pale brown. 



10. Bill, very long; large head; "large eyes in back 



upper corner ; " dark stripe from bill to eye ; tail, very 



short, barred ; ? , larger. 



Throughout, occasionally in winter ; a winter bird in N. J. ; nest, 

 on ground ; eggs, in April, 4, thickly marked ; prefers damp places. 



RAILS. 



This family, two species of which are called marsh hens, 

 somewhat resemble in appearance the domestic fowl. They 

 are to be found almost exclusively in open marshes, nest- 

 ing on the ground, and secreting themselves in the thick 

 growth of reeds and grasses. 



121. KING RAIL: FRESH-WATER MARSH HEN. 



Brownish-black, lighter streaked Cinnamon-red. 



17-19. Bill, long ; dark eye-stripe ; streaked on upper 



