FAMILY CHARADRTID.T:. PLOVEHS. 



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nm, oraiifio at hai^t-, the tiii. lilack: h'i;-^, uraiij^i; yellow; two middle tail feathers. tipi)i'il 

 with white: no black stripe from bill to eye; black breast band not couflueiit. Species 

 not found west of the Rocky flountains. Aegialitis meloda. Piping Plover. 



See No. -i-Js. 



Bill, orange at ba.<e, the tip, l)lack; lei^s, orange yellow; middle tail feather?, tippfd with 

 white; no black sti-ipc fioin hill to eye: a continuous black band on breast. Species not 



found west of Rocky flountains. 



Aef/ialilis ineloda nrrnmcinrtd . Belted Piping Plover. 



Sec Xo. lili'.t. 



Bill, entirely black; legs, slate color; two outer tail feathers, entirely 

 white; two middle feathers, not tipped with white; no black stripe from 

 bill to ej^e. Iiange- from Texas and Kansas west to the Pacific Oci'an : 

 casual in Western Florida and Cuba; not known to occur on the Atlantic 

 Coast. Aeyialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. 



See No. 22iJa. 



Section 2. Bill, over .60 incli long. 



AcLrialitis nivosa. 



Acgialitis wilsonia. 



A very small web between outer and middle toes: bill, lariri' and thick: 

 a band of black finale) or l)rown (female) on breast. 



Aegialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover. 

 See No. 230. 



•Group 2. Winj?, 4.50 to 5.50 inches long; toes, three, 



no hind toe. 



Section 1. Bill, over .60 inch long. 



I'.ill, tliick; shoulder i lesser and middle wing covert<), asby i,nay ; 

 legs, dull llesh color: a sm;ill web between toes. 



Aif/idlids wifsiinin. Wilson's Plover. 

 See No. 2;{(l. 



Section 2. Bill, "under .60 inch long. 



Ai'itlalitis wiljonia. 



F?ill, orange at base, tlie tip. black: legs, dull llc<|i color: .1 Idack 

 «tripe trom bill passing under eyt>. 



Aegialitis .timijxiliitii/ii. Semipalmated Plover. Ring Neck. 



Sec No. 221;. 



.AefflnlitlH Hciiii|ialiiiata. 



Kill- ilirfi'iiiiiis (<ir nica-iirciiHiiI, ■<(•«' jiajji- It. 



