PLOVERS 



(278) /Egialitis nivosa Cassin 



(Lat., snow'j')- 

 SNOWY PLOVER. Very small 

 and light colored. Ads.— Plumage 

 as shown by the upper bird. Black 

 patches on crown, ears and sides of 

 neck, these being brownish on the 9 . 

 L., 6.75; W., 4.20; B., .60. 



Range — Western U. S., breeding 

 east to Kan. and Texas. Casual in 

 Fla. and La. 

 (280) Ochthodromus wilsonius 



iOrd.) (Gr., bank running). 



WILSON'S PLOVER. Plumage 

 as shown by the lower bird, the 9 

 having the breast band brownish. 

 L., 7.50; W., 4.75; B., .90; large 

 and stout. Eggs — Grayish, specked 

 with blackish, 1.25 x .95. 



Range — Breeds from Va. south- 

 ward and along the Gulf coast. 

 Casually north to New England. 



specimens from the Mississippi Valley are apt to have the 

 black patches on the sides of the neck joined in front. This 

 was the basis for making them a sub-species of the eastern 

 bird, but was found not to be tenable. 



The building of summer resorts near the beaches upon 

 which they nest is rapidly diminishing their numbers along 

 the Atlantic coast. The four clay-colored eggs, which are 

 sparsely but evenly dotted with black specks, are laid in 

 hollows on the shingle of beaches; they are very difiScult to 

 see even when only a few feet away. When their nests or 

 young are discovered, the parents show as much concern as 

 any other species, but they utter only their mellow, flute-like 

 whistles in protest. 



SNOWY PLOVER, an abundant species on the Pacific 

 coast, are found within the range included in this book only 

 from southwestern Kansas to Texas. 



WILSON'S PLOVER are found only on tidewater flats 

 or beaches. While they nest only on our South Atlantic 

 coast, they often stray north to Long Island. Their appear- 



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