OF NORTH AMERICA. 85 
inches long, and more slender than in the 
others of the family. Legs dark blue, with 
a greenish shade. Eyes dark brown. 
This bird is found farther from the shore 
than the other Curlews, as it loves the dry 
marshes, and the fields and pastures along the 
seashore, where it can find its favorite food of 
grasshoppers and crickets, and the higher 
land berries, when these are to be found, and 
which impart to their flesh the more pleasing 
flavor than is characteristic of the other Cur- 
lews, and which renders them of more value 
as a table bird, hence commanding a higher 
price in the market. 
There has been much debate over the orth- 
ography of its common name, Dough or Doe- 
bird. I have given preference to the former, 
merely from the individual opinion, backed 
by that of local New England market gunners, 
based on the description of its fat condition, 
which conveys the idea of a lump of dough. 
99. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 
BEETLE-HEAD. 
Charadrius squatarola. 
In full breeding plumage, the upper part of 
the head and neck is nearly white, with faint 
eray markings; the back is nearly black, 
mottled with white and brown. ‘Tail barred 
with black and white. The sides of the head, 
throat, and under side of body, is deep black, 
