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_Plates_
[Illustration: PLATE 1. UPLAND PLOVER. Belleville, Mich., June 17,
1923, presented by Dr. Frank N. Wilson.]
[Illustration: PLATE 2. SOLITARY SANDPIPER _Upper_: Nesting site of
solitary sandpiper, near Belvedere, Alberta, presented by Mr. Richard
C. Harlow. _Lower_: Solitary sandpiper, Staten Island, N. Y., presented
by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves.]
[Illustration: PLATE 3. SOLITARY SANDPIPER _Upper_: Nesting site of
solitary sandpiper, Red Lodge, Alberta, May 29, 1923. _Lower_: Nest and
eggs in above locality. Both photographs presented by Mr. J. Fletcher
Street. Referred to on page 3.]
[Illustration: PLATE 4. WILLET _Upper_: Nesting site of a colony of
willets. _Lower_: A nest in above colony, Bulls Island, S. C., May 22,
1915. Both photographed by the author. Referred to on page 29.]
[Illustration: PLATE 5. WILLET. _Upper_: Nest of willet in an open
situation, Bulls Island, S. C., May 23, 1915; photographed by the
author. Referred to on page 30. _Lower_: Willet on its nest in a still
more open situation, Sandy Point, S. C., June 7, 1927; presented by Mr.
Roger T. Peterson. Referred to on page 30.]
[Illustration: PLATE 6. WILLET. _Upper_: Willet watching the passing
of a boat down a tidal creek, near Bulls Bay, S. C.; presented by Mr.
Howard H. Cleaves. _Lower_: Nest of willet, Merritts Island, Fla., June
2, 1927; presented by Mr. Donald J. Nicholson.]
[Illustration: PLATE 7. WILLET. Willet on its nest, among sand dunes,
near Bulls Bay, S. C.; presented by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves. The grass
pattern is well illustrated.]
[Illustration: PLATE 8. WESTERN WILLET. Western willet on its nest,
near Salt Lake City, Utah; presented by Mr. Clark Blickensderfer.
Notice the protective coloration.]
[Illustration: PLATE 9. WESTERN WILLET. Nest of western willet, near
Salt Lake City, Utah; presented by Mr. Clark Blickensderfer.]
[Illustration: PLATE 10. WANDERING TATTLER. _Upper_: Nesting site
of wandering tattler, on the gravel in the foreground, upper Savage
valley, Alaska, July 1, 1925. _Lower_: Nest of wandering tattler in
above locality. Both photographs presented by Mr. Olaus J. Murie, by
courtesy of the Biological Survey. Referred to on page 43.]
[Illustration: PLATE 11. WANDERING TATTLER. _Upper_: Young wandering
tattler, about 12 days old, Mount McKinley, Alaska, July 8, 1926;
presented by Mr. Joseph Dixon. _Lower_: Wandering tattler on its nest,
upper valley of Savage River, Alaska, July 1, 1925; presented by Mr.
Olaus J. Murie, by courtesy of the Biological Survey. Referred to on
page 43.]
[Illustration: PLATE 12. WANDERING TATTLER. _Upper_: Male wandering
tattler feeding in shallow water. _Lower_: Same bird brooding and
talking to chick. Both photographs presented by Mr. Joseph Dixon and
taken by him at Mount McKinley, Alaska, June 22, 1926.]
[Illustration: PLATE 13. UPLAND PLOVER. _Upper_: Nest of upland plover,
Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., May 26, 1900. Referred to on page 58.
_Lower_: Nest of upland plover, near Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, June
11, 1906. Referred to on page 58. Both photographs by the author.]
[Illustration: PLATE 14. UPLAND PLOVER. Nest of upland plover,
Columbus, Ohio; presented by Mr. Edward S. Thomas.]
[Illustration: PLATE 15. _Upper_: UPLAND PLOVER. Young upland plover,
Holt County, Nebr.; presented by Mr. Frank C. Pellett. _Lower_: SPOTTED
SANDPIPER. Nest of spotted sandpiper, at the base of a mullein stalk,
on the bank of a creek, Bear Creek, Oreg.; presented by Mr. J. E.
Patterson.]
[Illustration: PLATE 16. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. _Upper_: Nest of spotted
sandpiper, Branchport, N. Y., June 24, 1914; presented by Mr. Verdi
Burtch. _Lower_: Nest of spotted sandpiper, Columbus, Ohio, June, 1925;
presented by Mr. Edward S. Thomas.]
[Illustration: PLATE 17. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. _Upper_: Immature spotted
sandpiper swimming. It propelled itself by wings alone while beneath
the surface and by use of the feet, like a phalarope, on the surface.
Presented by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves. _Lower_: Young spotted sandpiper,
Jamestown, N. Y., June 20, 1925; presented by Mr. Roger T. Peterson.]
[Illustration: PLATE 18. SPOTTED SANDPIPER. _Upper_: Adult spotted
sandpiper in spring plumage, Staten Island, N. Y.; presented by Mr.
Howard H. Cleaves and by courtesy of Collier’s Weekly and Mr. Edward
H. Forbush. _Lower_: Immature spotted sandpiper, Staten Island, N. Y.;
presented by Mr. Cleaves.]
[Illustration: PLATE 19. LONG-BILLED CURLEW. _Upper_: Nest of
long-billed curlew, Bear River marshes, Utah, May 2, 1927. _Lower_:
Adult curlew on above nest. Both photographs presented by Lieut. L. R.
Wolfe.]
[Illustration: PLATE 20. LONG-BILLED CURLEW. _Upper_: Newly hatched
young and pipped eggs of long-billed curlew, near Salt Lake City, Utah;
presented by Mr. Clark Blickensderfer. _Lower_: Older young, near Crane
Lake, Saskatchewan, June 1, 1905; photographed by the author. Referred
to on page 101.]
[Illustration: PLATE 21. WHIMBREL. _Upper_: Whimbrel approaching its
egg and chick in its nest, Shetland Islands, June 24, 1922. _Lower_:
Same bird, rising to accommodate its chick. Both photographs presented
by Mr. Ralph Chislett.]
[Illustration: PLATE 22. WHIMBREL. _Upper_: Whimbrel on the nest shown
below. _Lower_: Nest of whimbrel, Shetland Islands, June 11, 1923;
presented by Mr. William E. Glegg.]
[Illustration: PLATE 23. _Upper_: BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW.
Bristle-thighed curlew, stealing an egg from a man-o-war-bird’s nest,
Laysan Island; presented by Mr. Donald R. Dickey, by courtesy of the
National Geographic Society. _Lower_: WHIMBREL. Whimbrel settling down
on its nest, Shetland Islands, June 11, 1923; presented by Mr. William
E. Glegg.]
[Illustration: PLATE 24. LAPWING. _Upper_: Nest of lapwing. _Lower_:
Another nest of lapwing on a beach. Both photographs presented by Mr.
C. W. Colthrup.]
[Illustration: PLATE 25. DOTTEREL. Two views of dotterels on two
different nests, near the Yenisei River, Siberia; presented by Mrs.
Maud D. (Haviland) Brindley.]
[Illustration: PLATE 26. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. _Upper_: Immature
black-bellied plover, Branchport, N. Y., October 3, 1911; presented by
Mr. Verdi Burtch. _Lower_: Adult male black-bellied plover, Florida
Keys, May, 1903; presented by Mr. Herbert K. Job.]
[Illustration: PLATE 27. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. _Upper_: Nest and eggs
of gray plover (black-bellied plover) near Yenisei River, Siberia;
presented by Mrs. Maud D. (Haviland) Brindley. _Lower_: Black-bellied
plover on its nest, near Point Barrow, Alaska, June 20, 1917. A
photograph taken by Mr. T. L. Richardson for the author.]
[Illustration: PLATE 28. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. Two nests of American
golden plover, Demarcation Point, Alaska, June 23, 1914; presented by
Mr. W. Sprague Brooks.]
[Illustration: PLATE 29. PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER. _Upper_: Nesting site
of Pacific golden plover. _Lower_: Nest and eggs of Pacific golden
plover. Both photographs taken by Mr. T. L. Richardson at Unalakleet,
Alaska, for the author.]
[Illustration: PLATE 30. PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER. _Upper_: Pacific golden
plover. _Lower_: Pacific golden plover brooding. Both photographs
presented by Mrs. Maud D. (Haviland) Brindley, taken by her near the
Yenisei River, Siberia.]
[Illustration: PLATE 31. KILLDEER. _Upper_: Nest and eggs of killdeer,
Barr Lake, Colo.; presented by the Colorado Museum of Natural History.
_Lower_: Nest and eggs of killdeer, Manitoba; presented by Herbert K.
Job.]
[Illustration: PLATE 32. KILLDEER. _Upper_: Killdeer at its nest,
near Kansas City, Mo. _Lower_: Nest and eggs of the same bird. Both
photographs presented by Dr. A. H. Cordier.]
[Illustration: PLATE 33. KILLDEER. _Upper_: Downy young killdeers;
photograph by H. H. Pittman. _Lower_: Nest and eggs of killdeers,
Banff, Alberta; presented by Mr. Dan McCown.]
[Illustration: PLATE 34. KILLDEER. _Upper_: Killdeer settling on
its nest. _Lower_: Young killdeer, a few days old. Both photographs
presented by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves and by courtesy of the National
Geographic Society. Taken on Staten Island, N. Y.]
[Illustration: PLATE 35. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. Two nests of semipalmated
plover, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, June 20, 1904; photographed by the
author.]
[Illustration: PLATE 36. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. _Upper_: Nest and eggs of
semipalmated plover, Atlin, British Columbia, June 10, 1924; presented
by Mr. Harry S. Swarth. _Lower_: Semipalmated plover, Santa Barbara,
Calif., May 2, 1913; presented by Mr. W. Leon Dawson.]
[Illustration: PLATE 37. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. Nesting site of
semipalmated plover, Atlin Lake, British Columbia, June 10, 1924;
presented by Mr. Harry S. Swarth.]
[Illustration: PLATE 38. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. _Upper_: Semipalmated
plover brooding young, Magdalen Islands, June 20, 1904; presented by
Mr. Herbert K. Job. _Lower_: Downy young semipalmated plover, Baffin
Island, July 29, 1925; presented by Mr. J. Dewey Soper and by courtesy
of the Department of Mines, Canada.]
[Illustration: PLATE 39. RINGED PLOVER. _Upper_: Nest and eggs of
ringed plover, presented by Mr. C. W. Colthrup. _Lower_: Ringed plover
at its nest; presented by Mrs. Maud D. (Haviland) Brindley.]
[Illustration: PLATE 40. PIPING PLOVER. _Upper_: Nest and five eggs of
piping plover, Dartmouth, Mass., June 16, 1916; photographed by the
author. _Lower_: Nest and eggs of piping plover, Bay Point, Ohio, June,
1925; presented by Mr. Edward S. Thomas.]
[Illustration: PLATE 41. PIPING PLOVER. _Upper_: Piping plover
incubating. _Lower_: Piping plover standing at its nest. Both
photographs taken by the author, Chatham, Mass., June 2, 1921.]
[Illustration: PLATE 42. PIPING PLOVER. _Upper_: Nest and eggs of
piping plover, Stump Lake, N. Dak., June 15, 1901; photographed by the
author. _Lower_: Piping plover chicks, about three days old, Martha’s
Vineyard, Mass.; presented by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves.]
[Illustration: PLATE 43. _Upper_: SNOWY PLOVER. Nest and eggs of snowy
plover, Orange County, Calif., June 11, 1916; presented by Mr. Wright
M. Pierce. _Lower_: PIPING PLOVER. Piping plover brooding young,
Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.; presented by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves and by
courtesy of the National Geographical Society.]
[Illustration: PLATE 44. SNOWY PLOVER. _Upper_: Snowy plover on its
nest, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 29, 1914. _Lower_: Another nest,
same locality and date. Both photographs by the author, referred to on
page 248.]
[Illustration: PLATE 45. SNOWY PLOVER. _Upper_: Downy young Cuban
snowy plover, Pensacola, Fla., June 26, 1927; presented by Mr. Francis
M. Weston. _Lower_: Downy young snowy plover, southern California;
presented by Mr. Wright M. Pierce.]
[Illustration: PLATE 46. WILSON PLOVER. _Upper_: Nest and eggs of
Wilson plover, Bulls Island, S. C., May 22, 1915; presented by Mr.
Alexander Sprunt, jr. _Lower_: Nest and eggs of Wilson plover, Chatham
County, Ga., April 26, 1922; presented by Mr. W. J. Erichsen.]
[Illustration: PLATE 47. WILSON PLOVER. _Upper_: Nest and eggs of
Wilson plover, Bulls Island, S. C., May 22, 1915; photographed by the
author and referred to on page 257. _Lower_: Nest and eggs of Wilson
plover among pickle weed, Merritt’s Island, Fla., June 20, 1926;
presented by Mr. Donald J. Nicholson.]
[Illustration: PLATE 48. WILSON PLOVER. _Upper_: Young Wilson plover,
just hatched, Raccoon Key, S. C, June 7, 1927; presented by Mr. Roger
Tory Peterson. _Lower_: Adult female Wilson plover, about to settle on
her nest, near Bulls Bay, S. C; presented by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves.]
[Illustration: PLATE 49. MOUNTAIN PLOVER. _Upper_: Mountain plover at
its nest. _Lower_: Nest and eggs of mountain plover. Both photographs
taken in Colorado by or for Mr. William C. Bradbury, presented by the
Colorado Museum of Natural History and referred to on page 264.]
[Illustration: PLATE 50. MOUNTAIN PLOVER. _Upper_: Young mountain
plover, a day or two old, June 4, 1911. _Lower_: Another, perhaps 10
days old, June 11, 1911. Both photographs taken by Mr. Edward R. Warren
in Weld County, Colo., and presented by him.]
[Illustration: PLATE 51. MOUNTAIN PLOVER. _Upper_: Adult mountain
plover approaching its nest; presented by the Colorado Museum of
Natural History, photographed by Mr. W. C. Bradbury, and referred to on
page 264. _Lower_: Mountain plover attending its young, Weld County,
Colo., June 4, 1911; presented by Mr. Edward R. Warren.]
[Illustration: PLATE 52. SURF BIRD. _Upper_: Surf bird on its nest.
_Lower_: Surf bird inspecting its eggs. Both photographs taken by Mr.
Joseph Dixon in the Mount McKinley District, Alaska, May 29, 1926,
presented by him and referred to on page 271.]
[Illustration: PLATE 53. SURF BIRD. _Upper_: Male surf bird beside its
nest. _Lower_: Nest and eggs of surf bird. Both photographs taken by
Mr. Joseph Dixon in the Mount McKinley District, Alaska, May 29, 1926,
presented by him and referred to on page 271.]
[Illustration: PLATE 54. TURNSTONE. _Upper_: Turnstone on its nest.
_Lower_: Nest and eggs of the same bird. Both photographs taken by Mr.
Ralph Chislett, on a Baltic isle, off Öland, June 19, 1924, presented
by him and referred to on page 283.]
[Illustration: PLATE 55. TURNSTONE. _Left_: Male turnstone on its nest
under cover. _Right_: Female turnstone. Both photographs taken by Mr.
Ralph Chislett on a Baltic isle, off Öland, June 19, 1924, presented by
him and referred to on page 283.]
[Illustration: PLATE 56. TURNSTONE. _Upper_: Turnstone at its nest,
Spitsbergen, 1921; presented by Mr. Seton P. Gordon and referred to on
page 282. _Lower_: RUDDY TURNSTONE. Downy young ruddy turnstone, Yukon
Delta, Alaska, June 19, 1914; photographed by Mr. F. Seymour Hersey for
the author.]
[Illustration: PLATE 57. BLACK TURNSTONE. Flock of black turnstones,
presented by Mr. Donald R. Dickey.]
[Illustration: PLATE 58. AMERICAN OYSTER CATCHER. Two nests of American
oyster catcher, Bulls Island, S. C., May 22, 1915; photographed by the
author and referred to on page 310.]
[Illustration: PLATE 59. AMERICAN OYSTER CATCHER. _Upper_: Immature
American oyster catcher, Cape Romain, S. C., June 8, 1927; presented by
Mr. Roger Tory Peterson. _Lower_: Adult American oyster catcher, Bulls
Bay, S. C., May, 1904; presented by Mr. Herbert K. Job.]
[Illustration: PLATE 60. FRAZAR OYSTER CATCHER. Two views of Frazar
oyster catcher, Lower California, 1927; presented by Mr. Wright M.
Pierce.]
[Illustration: PLATE 61. FRAZAR OYSTER CATCHER. Two views of young
Frazar oyster catchers, Lower California, 1926; presented by Mr. Wright
M. Pierce.]
[Illustration: PLATE 62. BLACK OYSTER CATCHER. Black oyster catchers on
a reef, coast of Washington, June 22, 1910; presented by Mr. W. Leon
Dawson.]
[Illustration: PLATE 63. BLACK OYSTER CATCHER. Nesting site and nest of
black oyster catcher, Destruction Island, Wash.; presented by Mr. W.
Leon Dawson.]
[Illustration: PLATE 64. BLACK OYSTER CATCHER. _Upper_: Nest and eggs
of black oyster catcher, Graham Island, British Columbia, May 26, 1927;
presented by Mr. S. J. Darcus. _Lower_: Nest, eggs and young, just
hatched, of black oyster catcher, Destruction Island, Wash., July 16,
1906; presented by Mr. W. Leon Dawson.]
[Illustration: PLATE 65. MEXICAN JACANA. Two views of Paradise Lake,
near Tampico, Mexico, nesting site of Mexican jacana; presented by Mr.
Thomas S. Gillin and referred to on page 324.]
[Illustration: PLATE 66. MEXICAN JACANA. _Upper_: Nest and eggs of
Mexican jacana. _Lower_: Mexican jacana at home. Both photographs taken
by Mr. Thomas S. Gillin, Paradise Lake, near Tampico, Mexico; presented
by him and referred to on page 325.]
INDEX
Actitis macularia, 78
Aiken and Warren, on mountain plover, 266
Alexander, W. B.--
on Pacific golden plover, 200
on Polynesian tattler, 49
on turnstone, 293
Allen, Francis H.--
on black-bellied plover, 162
on turnstone, 287
altifrons, Pluvialis apricaria, 171
American golden plover, 175
American oyster catcher, 309
americanus, Numenius, 97
Aphriza virgata, 269
apricaria altifrons, Pluvialis, 171
Arenaria interpres, 278
melanocephala, 298
arquata arquata, Numenius, 109
Numenius arquata, 109
Audubon, J. J.--
on American golden plover, 187
on American oyster catcher, 313, 314
on Eskimo curlew, 131
on long-billed curlew, 103
on semipalmated plover, 219, 222
on spotted sandpiper, 78, 81
on Wilson plover, 260, 261
bachmani, Haematopus, 320
Bailey, Alfred M., on Mongolian plover, 253
Bailey, Florence Merriam--
on snowy plover, 250
on surf bird, 275
on western willet, 39
Bailey, H. H., on American oyster catcher, 310
Bancroft, Griffing, on Frazar oyster catcher, 317, 318, 319
Barrett, Charles--
on black-bellied plover, 166
on Pacific golden plover, 200
on turnstone, 292
Barrows, W. B., on upland plover, 58
Bartramia longicauda, 55
Bartsch, Paul--
on bristle-thighed curlew, 142
on turnstone, 287
Bates, J. M.--
on killdeer, 205
on upland plover, 61
Baynard, Oscar E., on Wilson plover, 258
Beaupre, Edwin--
on American golden plover, 176, 184
on Hudsonian curlew, 115
on piping plover, 244
Benners, G. B., on upland plover, 57
Bent, A. C., on piping plover, 237, 238
Bergtold, W. H., on spotted sandpiper, 86
Berteau, F. C., on Eskimo curlew, 126, 133
bird, surf, 269
Bishop, L. B., on semipalmated plover, 220
black-bellied plover, 154
black oyster catcher, 320
black turnstone, 298
borealis, Numenius, 125
Bradbury, W. C., on mountain plover, 263
Brandt, Herbert W.--
on black-bellied plover, 157, 159, 161
on black turnstone, 299, 300, 303
on bristle-thighed curlew, 141
on Pacific golden plover, 195, 196, 198
on turnstone, 281, 283, 290
Bretherton, B. J., on wandering tattler, 45
brevipes, Heteroscelus, 48
Brewster, William--
on American golden plover, 182
on semipalmated plover, 217, 222
on solitary sandpiper, 1, 7, 8
on spotted sandpiper, 81
on western willet, 36
bristle-thighed curlew, 140
Brock, S. E., on lapwing, 145
Brooks, W. Sprague, on American golden plover, 180
Brown, D. E., on wandering tattler, 42
Brown, W. J., on killdeer, 203
Brown, W. W., jr., on Frazar oyster catcher, 318
Bryant, Harold C., on killdeer, 205
Bryant, Walter E., on Frazar oyster catcher, 319
buff-breasted sandpiper, 69
Burroughs, M. H., on American oyster catcher, 311
Cahoon, John C.--
on American golden plover, 187
on black-bellied plover, 165
Carroll, W. J., on Eskimo curlew, 126, 133
catcher, American oyster, 309
black oyster, 320
European oyster, 305
Frazar oyster, 316
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus, 36
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus, 27
Chambers, W. Lee, on snowy plover, 247