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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMEllICA. 



FAMILY CHARADRIID^. 



Plovers. 



Toes, three, no hind toe. 



The Plovers are a cosmopolitan family, numberint^ something less than one hundred 

 species, fifteen of which occur in Nortli America, includiug exotic stragglers. As a rule thej^ 

 have but three toes, althougii two genera, Squatarola and Vanellus, have four. The tarsus is 

 reticulate and tlie toes are partly webbed. 



s,^*p '^^\^- 



Black-bellied Plover (Winter) 



Piping Plover. 



Semipalniated Plover. 



* Group 1. Wing, 3.75 to 4.50 inches long. 

 Section 1. Bill, under .60. 



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

 ^^ stripe from bill passing under eye. 



Aegialitis scmipalmata. Semipal mated Plover. 



See No. 2-20. 



Aegialitis semi 

 palmata. 



For (lirections for measiirenieut, .->ee page 1). 



