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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



* Group 4. Wing, over 6.75 inches long. 

 Section 1. Toes, three. 



r.lack axilkirs ol' Black bellied Plover. 



Gray axilltirs of Golden Plover. 



Axilliirs, i;'ray ; ruinii, not <>raii>;(! l)n)\\ n. 



ClKiradriiis (liniiniicits. Golden Plover. 

 See No. 221. 



('liar;i<lriu- <l<iiinnic,u.s. 



Axillurs, smoky hlaek; ruirip ami iippcr tail covci-ts. not orange brown. 



Cknradrins s(jnalaroI(i. Black-bellied Plover. 

 See No. 222. 



This s))ecie8 lias four toes (the hind tue lieins so small that it often esrajies iKitiee.i, and proiterly belongs in 

 (irnilii .5, Section ."., but owinjf to tlie fact that it is constantly looked for auKPUi;- the threctoed species it is included 

 in both sections. 



liunip, oranije ))rown; nnderparts, wliite, witli two black bands on the breast ; axillars. 

 pure white. ^■Efjialitis vocifcra. Killdeer Plover. 



See No. 225. 



No Idaek Itamls on breast; shaft of first primary, white; back, l)ro\vnish gray ; axillars, 

 white. A Western species of casual occurrence iu Florida; not recorded elsewheie on 

 Atlantic coast. ^Egialitis montana. Mountain Plover. 



See No. 231. 



Section 2. Toes, four. 



Axillars, smoky black; tarsus, over 1.70; hind toe, very small. 



Gharadrius sqidtfurnht. Black^bellied Plover. 

 See No. 222. 



* For directions for nieasurcnicnt, see page 9. 



