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| Keywords: Eggs of North American birds (Page 43) (6237620638).jpg EGGS OF NOETH AMERICAN BIRDS 43 <br> 265 PIuDSONiAN Curlew Numenius hudsonicus Kg- js 3 <br> or 4 jiyrifonn varying from asliy yellow to greenish spotted <br> and blotched ii-regularly and thickly with brown and umber of <br> varying shades; 1 50 + 2 20 to 1 60 + 2 30 Breeds in the <br> far north <br> 266 Eskimo Curlew Nutnenius horealis Eggs 2 to 4 <br> rather oval varying from ashy to greenish brown spotted and <br> blotched coarsely with brown and umber; 1 30 -\- 1 90 to 1 85 <br> -\- 2 00 Known by the oval form and coarse markings Breeds <br> in the eastern Arctic regions of North America <br> 267 Whimbrel Nitmenius phmo nis Eggs 2 to 4 pyri- <br> form varying from light to dark greenish brown spotted and <br> clouded with dark umber ; 1 51 - - 2 25 to 1 60 -f- 2 57 Extra <br> limital ; breeds in the northern parts of the Old World but the <br> bird occurs in Greenland <br> 268 Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis <br> Eggs unknown Extralimital ; breeds in the islands of the <br> Pacific The bird is occasional on the coast of Alaska <br> 269 Lapwing Vanellus vanelhcs Eggs 3 or 4 rather pyri- <br> form deep yellowish ash spotted and blotched with dark <br> brown; 1 31 - - 1 80 to 1 36 + 1 85 Extralimital; breeds in <br> the northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere The bird is <br> occasional in Greenland and Alaska <br> 270 Black-bellied Plover Charadrius sqicatrola Eggs <br> 3 or 4 rather pyriform brownish drab spotted and blotched <br> boldly with dark brown the spots often becoming so large as to <br> be confluent; 1 40 -f- 2 12 to 1 45 -j- 2 35 Known by the size <br> and large confluent markings Breeds in the Arctic regions of <br> the Northern Hemisphere <br> 271 Golden Plover Charadrius apricarius Eggs 2 to <br> 4 pyriform deep buff blotched and spotted with brown of <br> varying shades with the markings large and confluent; 1 25 - - <br> 1 80 to 1 45 + 2 10 Extralimital; breeds in Europe The <br> bird occurs in Greenland <br> 272 American Golden Plover Charadrius dominicus <br> Eggs 3 or 4 pyriform ashy yellow spotted blotched and 13764185 48899 13894 Page 43 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/13764185 1890 10 5962/bhl title 13894 Maynard C J NameFound Charadrius NameConfirmed Charadrius EOLID 19938 NameBankID 2473351 NameFound Charadrius apricarius NameConfirmed Charadrius apricarius NameBankID 269365 NameFound Charadrius dominicus NameConfirmed Charadrius dominicus NameFound Nitmenius NameFound Numenius hudsonicus NameConfirmed Numenius hudsonicus EOLID 1267147 NameBankID 273095 NameFound Numenius tahitiensis NameConfirmed Numenius tahitiensis EOLID 1049395 NameBankID 3851066 NameFound Nutnenius horealis NameFound Vanellus NameConfirmed Vanellus EOLID 104312 NameBankID 2473360 Biodiversity Heritage Library ABC of fox hunting Birds Eggs Nests North America SIL Smithsonian Institution Libraries bhl page 13764185 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/13764185 north america sil smithsonian institution libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-10-12 Check categories 2015 September 22 PD-old-70-1923 Eggs of North American birds Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Files from the Biodiversity Heritage Library released as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike | ||||
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