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PR^ECOCIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOL^. 



leads them in search of food. They feed on earth-worms, slugs, and insects of 

 various kinds, in all their different stages, and, on account of their usefulness in the 

 destruction of insects, are frequently kept in gardens, where they become quite tame, 

 and are very interesting pets. 



In the autumn the Lapwings collect in flocks ; and from that time to the end of 

 the Avinter are excellent eating. 



This bird is recorded by Eeinhardt as of occasional occurrence in Greenland, and 

 Dall and Bannister met with it in Alaska among the islands in Norton Sound. 



Gei^us SQUATAROLA, Cuvier. 



Squatavola, Cuvier, Reg. Aiiim. I. 1817 (type, Tringa, squatarola, Linn.). 



Char. A rudiraentary hind toe. Legs reticulated with elongated hexagons anteriorly, of 

 which there are five or six in a transverse row; fewer Ijehind. First primary longest. Tail 

 shghlly rounded. 



S. helvetica. 



Squatarola helvetica. 



THE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 



Tringa squatarola, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 119 ; ed. 12, 1766, 252. 



Tringa helvetica, Linn. S. N. ed. 12, 1766, 250. 



Squatarola helvetica, Cuv. Keg. Anim. 1817. — Brehm, Vog. Deiitschl. 1831, 554. —Cass, in 



Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 697. — Baird, Cat. K Am. B. 1859, no. 510. — CouEs, Key, 1872, 



243; Check List, 1873, no. 395; 2d ed. 1882, no. 580; Birds IST. W. 1874, 448. — Ridgw, 



Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 513. 

 Charadrius hdvcticus, Licht. Verz. DouH. 1823, no. 728. — Nutt. Man. IL 1834, 26. — AuD. Orn. 



Biog. IV. 1838, 280, pi. 334 ; Synop. 1839, 221 ; Birds Am. V. 1842, 199, pL 315. 

 Charadrius apricarius, Wilson, Am. Orn. VIL 1813, 41. 



Hab. Nearly cosmopolitan, but clu'efly the northern hemisphere ; breeding in the extreme 

 northern parts of its range, migrating in winter to southern regions, extending, in America, as far 

 as Brazil and New Granada. Bermudas, and throughout the "West Indies. 



Sp. Char. Bill and legs strong ; wings long ; a very small rudimentary hind toe. Summer : 

 Around the base of the bill to the eyes, neck before and under parts of body, black ; upper parts 



