34 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ZOOLOGY, VOL. IX. 



Plovers. 



Toes, three; front of tarsus with small rounded scales; bill, 

 short ; some species have bill less than three-quarters inch long ; none 

 have bill over two inches long. 



Family CHARADRIID^. Plovers. 

 See pages 92, in. 



