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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Bill, oninge ;it base, the tip, black; legs, orange yellow: no black stripe from bill to eye; 

 black brea-it band, not confluent; two middle tail feathers, tipped with white. Eastern 

 species not found west of Rocky Mountains. Aegialitis meloda. Piping Plover. 



See No. 228. 



Bill, orange at base, the tip, black; legs, orange yellow; no black stripe from bill to eye; 

 breast band, continuous and not broken in the middle; two middle tail feathers, tipped with 

 white. Eastern species not found west of Rocky Mountains. 



Aegialitis m-loda circumcincta. Belted Piping PlOVCr. 



See No. 229. 



Snowy Plover. 



Aegialitis nivosa. 



Bill, entirely black; legs, .slate color; no black stripe from bill to eye ; two middle tail 

 feathers, not tipped with white; two outer tail feathers, white. Western species ranges 

 from Texas and Kansas, west, to the Pacific Ocean. xVccidental in Florida. 



Aegialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. 

 See No. 229a. 



* Group 3. Wing, 5.50 to 6.75 inches long; toes, three, 



no hind toe. 



Breast, with two black bands; underparts, white: rump and upper tail coverts, orange 

 brown. ^gialitis vocifcm. Killdeer Plover. 



See No. 225. 



No black band on breast; back, brownish gray; rump, not orange brown. Western 

 species of casual occurrence in Florida. yEgialitis montana. Mountain Plover. 



See No. 231. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 



