Synopsis of Orders and Families. 



BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 



Family 27. PLOVERS. CHARADR1ID/E. 



Toes usually three, or when four, the fourth rudimentary; tarsus with rounded scales; 

 bill, as compared with that of Snipe, short and stout. 



TURNSTONE. 



Family 28. SURF BIRDS AND TURNSTONES. APHR!ZID>E. 

 Toes four, tarsus with transverse scales; bill short, rather hard. 



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