. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XL. AVOCETS AND STILTS 251 red. Common in the interior along the shores of shallow ponds, rare eastward. (Blue Stocking.) Length, 16-20 ; wing, 8£ (7£-9£) ; tail, 3J ; tarsus, 3| ; culmen, 3£. North America; breeding from Illinois (rarely from Texas) north to the Great Slave Lake and wintering along the Gulf coast to Central America. 2. Black-necked Stilt (226. Himdntopus mexicclnus).— An ex- ceedingly long-legged, long-billed, black and white wading
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XL. AVOCETS AND STILTS 251 red. Common in the interior along the shores of shallow ponds, rare eastward. (Blue Stocking.) Length, 16-20 ; wing, 8£ (7£-9£) ; tail, 3J ; tarsus, 3| ; culmen, 3£. North America; breeding from Illinois (rarely from Texas) north to the Great Slave Lake and wintering along the Gulf coast to Central America. 2. Black-necked Stilt (226. Himdntopus mexicclnus).— An ex- ceedingly long-legged, long-billed, black and white wading bird oh" the shallow ponds. The black begins back of the forehead and extends along the neck and back to the tail; the wings are also black. The white in- cludes the fore- head, all lower parts, and most of the tail. The black is glossy and somewhat greenish. This graceful bird is especially fond of wading in shallow, salt- marsh ponds. During the breed- ing season it is very noisy, with a sharp click-like note, which is often given out while on the wing. Its long wings enable this bird to fly well, and it has the habit common in the whole order (Limicolce) of exhibiting alternately the upper and lower side of the body. With this bird, which is so black above and white below, this change of position adds much to the beauty of its movement. (Lawyer; Long-shanks.) Length, 13i-15i ; wing, 9 (8.]-9J) ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, 4£; culmen, 2£. United States ; breeding from Texas, irregularly, in the interior to the northern border ; rare on the Atlantic coast north of Florida. South in winter to Black-necked Stilt. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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