FAMILY OFTARADRIin.E. PLOVEHS. 



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Bill, orange at base, the tip, black ; legs, orange yellow ; two middle tail feathers, tipped 

 with white; no black stripe from bill to eye; black breast band not confluent. Species 

 not found west of the Rocky flountains. Aegialitis meloda. Piping Plover. 



See No. 228. 



Bill, orange at base, the tip, black ; legs, orange yellow ; middle tail feathers, tipped with 

 white; no black stripe from bill to eye; a continuous black band on breast. Species not 



found west of Rocky flountains. 



Aegialilis meloda circumcincta. Belted Piping Plover. 



See No. 229. 



Bill, entirely black ; legs, slate color ; two outer tail feathers, entirely 

 white; two middle feathers, not tipped with white; no black stripe from 

 bill to eye. Ranges from Texas and Kansas west to the Pacific Ocean; 

 casual in Western Florida and Cuba; not known to occur on the Atlantic 

 Coast. Aeyialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. 



See No. 229a. 



Section 2. Bill, over .60 inch long. 



Aegialitis nivosa. 



A egialitis wilsonia. 



A very small web between outer and middle toes ; bill, large and thick ; 

 a band of black (male) or brown (female) on breast. 



Aegialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover. 



See No. 230. 



x Group 2. Wing, 4.50 to 5.50 inches long; toes, three, 



no hind toe. 



Section 1. Bill, over .60 inch long. 



Bill, thick; shoulder (lesser and middle wing coverts), ashy gray; 

 legs, dull flesh color; a small web between toes. 



Aegialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover. r s 



See No. 230. Aegialitis wilsonia. 



Section 2. Bill, under .60 inch long. 



Bill, orange at base, the tip, black; legs, dull flesh color; a black 

 stripe from bill passing under eye. 



Aegialitis semipalmata. Semi pal mated Plover. Ring Neck. 



See No. 226. 



Aegialitis semipalmata. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 



