BIRDS OF NEW YORK STATE 79 



Pintail (continued) 



Call no. 



Nu Pn2 :Malc in Eclipse Plumage. Ithaca. (September 22, 1918) 



Allen 



This eclipse plumage corresponds to the winter plumage of 

 other birds but is worn only from August to November or 

 December. 



Plover, Black-bellied (Squatarola squatarola) 



This is a hol-arctic species that commonly migrates through 

 New York, especially by way of Long Island. The bird is shy 

 and difficult to bring within near view. 10.5-12.25 



Nu PpB Adult Wading near Muskrat House. The marsh at Branch- 

 port. (October 3, 1911) Burtch 



The plumage of this bird is quite different in spring from that 

 shown in this picture. The throat, foreneck, breast and belly 

 are then black. 



Plover, Golden (Charadrius dominicus dominicus) 



See map of spring and fall migration routes, with inset of 

 female, Nu ZM5, p. 166. 



Plover, Semipalmated {^gialitis semipahnaia) 



Known also as American ring-neck. The species frecjuents 

 sandy beaches, mud-flats and marshes. In New York it is a 

 migrant, more common along the coast than on inland waters. 

 It is suggestive of the killdeer in appearance, though it is smaller 

 and has a shorter bill and tail. 6.5-7.8 



Nu PpS Adult on Mud Flat. Conesus lake. (September 7, 1917) 



■ Bailey 



Plover, Upland (Bartramia longicauda) 



This bird, also known as the Bartramian sandpiper, is per- 

 haps the next game bird that is doomed to extinction. In many 

 parts of the State where it formerly occurred in abundance it is 

 now practically unknown. Western New York appears to be 

 the last stamping ground of this once abundant bird. It migrates 

 before the hunting season opens so that few of them are killed 

 in this State, but on its southern trip it was formerly shot ruth- 

 lessly. It is now protected by the federal migratory bird law. 



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