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KEY TO TIIK I'.IlMiS <>F K \>TKi;V NOHTII AMKKICA. 



FAMILY CHARADRIID/E. 



Plovers. 



Toes, three, no hind toe. 



The 1'lover* arc a co-mopolitan family, numherim' something less thau ouo huinln'd 

 ies lilieeu (it \\liii-li occur in North America. iDCludiug exotic stragglers. Asa rul<- they 



havi- hut tlin-c toes, although two ^riirra, Squatarola and \'anc!lus, liavt- four. The tarsu< i< 



r-'ticulutu and the toes are partly webbed. 



PI..V.T 



Plnyi-r 



il Plover. 



* Group 1. Wing, 3.75 to 4.50 inches long. 

 -^./ Section 1. Bill, under .60. 



\ 



palmata. 



Hill, orange at base, the tip. black; le.ir~. dull lle-h color; a black 

 stripe from bill pa-sin^- under eye. 



.\<-<ii,i/,/i. s<'iiii i i'i/miit<i. Semipal mated Plover. 



See No. -J-'f'.. 



h'ni iliri-clinii.- I'm inc.-i^iiti-inciil, -ir \nigu !l. 



