Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Range (Coasts of the warmer parts)

Coasts of the warmer parts of America, breeding regularly as far north as southern New Jersey, and, after the breeding season, occasionally wandering northward as far as the Bay of Fundy.

Washington, A. V. Long Island, occasional in summer. Nest, a slight depression in the sand or shells of a beach. Eggs, three to four, white or buffy white, heavily blotched with chocolate, 1.80 x 1.35. A not uncommon species on our southern coasts, resembling other members of this family in habits.

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