JAN., 1909. BIRDS OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN CORY. 



* GROUP 4. Wing, over 6.75 inches long. 

 SECTION 1. Toes, three. 



Black axillars of Black-bellied Plover. 



Grav axillars of Golden Plover. 



Axillars, gray; rump, not orange brown. 

 Charadrius dominions. 

 Golden Plover. 

 See No. 135. 



Charadrius dominicus. 



Axillars, smoky black; rump and upper tail coverts, not orange 

 brown. Squatarola squatarola. 



Black-bellied Plover. 

 See No. 134. 



The Black-bellied Plover has four toes (the hind toe being so small that it 

 en escapes notice), and properly belongs in Section 2, but owing to the fact 



lie Black-bellied Plover has four toes (the hind t( 



often escapes notice), and properly belongs in Section *, um, UVYIH S ivj me *.a^* 

 it is constantly looked for among the three-toed species it is included in 



often escapes notice), and properly belongs 1 

 that it is constantly looked for among the 

 both sections. 



Rump, orange brown; under parts, white, with two black bands 

 on the breast; axillars, pure white. Oxyechus vociferus. 



Killdeer Plover. 

 See No. 136. 



SECTION 2. Toes, four. 



Axillars, smoky black; tarsus, over 1.70; hind 

 toe, very small. Squatarola squatarola. 



Black-bellied Plover. 

 See No. 134. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 21. 



