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mata, but adult with black or grayish brown 

 band across chest much broader.) Downy 

 young : " Forehead white ; crown grayish 

 brown, mottled with light stone-gray ; from 

 the base of the bill around the nape a black 

 band passes, and is broadest on the nape ; a 

 broad collar round the neck and the under- 

 parts pure white ; back and upper parts gen- 

 erally grayish stone-brown, finely mottled 

 with dirty white and blackish brown." 

 (Dresser.) Length about 7.50, wing about 

 5.00, culmen .50-.55, tarsus 1.00, middle toe 

 .60-.65, Eggs 1.40 X 1-00, similar in colora- 

 tion to those of v^. semipahnata. Hub. 

 Northern portions of eastern hemisphere, 

 and eastern portions of Arctic America. 



275. JE. hiaticula (Linn.). Ring Plover. 

 h^. Bill slender, entirely black; a whitish bar im- 

 , mediately behind black patch on fore-part of 



crown. (Otherwise much like yE. hiaticula, 

 but much smaller.) Length about 6.00, wing 

 4.35-4.70, culmen .50-.52, tarsus 1.00-1.05, 

 middle toe .55-60. Hab. Northern portions 

 of eastern hemisphere, including western 

 Africa; accidental in California (?) and 



Alaska (?) 276. JE. dubia (Scop.). 



Little Ring Plover. 

 g^. Upper parts pale brownish gray. 



Summer adult: Forehead, lores, collar round 

 hind-neck, and lower parts pure white ; patch 

 on fore-part of crown, and one across each 

 side of chest (the two sometimes connected 

 on middle of chest), black (duller or more 

 grayish in female). Winter plumage : Similar 

 to summer adult, but black or dusky replaced 

 by light brownish gray. Young : Similar to 

 winter plumage, but feathers of upper parts 

 distinctl}^ bordered terminally with pale buif 

 or whitish. Length 6.25-7.50, wing 4.50-4.80, 

 culmen .45-.50, depth of bill at base .20-.22, 

 tarsus .85-1.00, middle toe .55. 

 h}. Black patches on sides of chest wholly sepa- 

 rated or very imperfectly connected. Eggs 

 1.27 X -96, pale buffy rather sparingly 

 speckled with black and purplish gray. 

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