618 GLEANINGS. 



and inflated sacks. It is a bird of our western prairies, 

 especially about the upper Mississippi. A few are still found 

 on Martha's Vineyard and in Northwestern Ohio. 



The Semipalmated, or Ring Plover {^gialitis luilsonius)^ 

 some 7 inches long, is ashy-brown above, with dark oliv- 

 aceous shade; white beneath; broad bar on the forehead 

 and another on the breast, black, — the latter grayish brown 

 in the young; eye-lids bright orange; the short, yellow bill 

 tipped with black; the yellowish feet noticeably semipal- 

 mate. It is an abundant migrant on Niagara River, as also 

 on the New England Coast. 



The last three species were overlooked in their proper 

 connection. 



