The Bird book Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North Ame
The Bird book Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North Ame
Chester a Chester Albert Reed
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Creamy. Turnstone. 283. TURNSTONE. Arenaria interpres. Range. The distribution of this species, which is grayer above than the fol- lowing, is supposed to be confined, in America, to the extreme north from Greenland to Alaska. Its habits and eggs are precisely like the next. 283a. RUDDY TURNSTONE. Arenaria interpres morinella. Range. Breeds in the Arctic regions, and migrates through all parts of the United States, south to the southern parts of South America. This species has the upperparts va...riegated with reddish brown, black and white; the underparts are pure white, except for a black patch on the throat, branching upward to the eye and back to the sides of the breast. It has a peculiar, slightly up-turned bill, which is used, as their name implies, for turning over pebbles and stones in their search for food. They nest commonly in northern Labrador, about Hudson Bay and in Alaska, laying their eggs in scantily lined hollows on the ground, near water. The eggs are very peculiar and beautiful, having a light grayish or cream color ground, peculiarly marbled with many shades of brown and lilac.
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