CHARADRIIDA. — CXLVI. 249 
780. N. hudsonicus Latham. Jack CurLew. Crown with 
two broad dusky stripes, with a narrower median stripe of buffy. 
Das. Woo. T. 34. B. 3 ord Ni Am. 
781. N. borealis (Forster). Esquimaux CurLEw. DovuGcH 
Birp. Crown narrowly streaked with dusky, without paler median 
stripe. L.14. W.8. T.3. B. 23. N. Am., northwards. 
Famity CXLVI. CHARADRIIDAK. (Tue PLovers.) 
Head rather large, nearly globose; bill of moderate length, 
shaped somewhat like a pigeon’s bill, with a constriction behind 
the horny terminal portion; nasal fosse lined with soft skin, 
through which the slit-like nostrils open. Wings long and 
pointed, usually reaching beyond the tip of the short tail, some- 
times spurred. Toes usually three, with basal web; tarsus reticu- 
late; tibia naked below. Sexes similar, but seasonal changes of 
plumage great. Species about 75, in most parts of the world. 
a. Plumage above speckled; below, black in breeding season; tarsus much 
longer than middle toe and claw. . . . . . . . CHARADRIUS, 400. 
aa. Plumage of upper parts not speckled; neck with dark rings; tarsus not 
much longer than middle toe and claw; hind toe wanting. 
JEGIALITIS, 401. 
400. CHARADRIUS Linnezus. (xapadpids, old name.) 
a. Hind toe present, but very small. (Squatarola Cuvier.) 
782. C. squatarola L. Buiack-BELLIED PLOVER. OX-EYE. 
Grayish, speckled; black below in breeding season, at other times 
white; axillars sooty-black. L.114. W.7. T.3. B.1h. Ts. 2. 
Northern regions; rather rare in U.S. (£u.) (Venetian name.) 
aa. Hind toe wholly wanting. 
783. C. dominicus Miller. GOLDEN PLOVER. Frost Birp. 
Dark and grayish above, profusely speckled, some of the spots 
bright yellow ; black below in breeding season, at other times grey- 
ish; wing coverts smoky-gray. L.104. W.7. T.3. B.1. Ts. 
12. N. Am., a well known game bird. 
401. Z2GIALITIS Boie. (aiyadirns, one who lives along shore.) 
a. Tail half or more length of wing; rump orange brown; two black bands 
on breast. (Oxyechus Reich.) 
784. 43. vocifera (L.). KitpEEr. Grayish brown; tail with 
black, white, and pale orange; a black band above the white fore- 
head. L.10. W.64. T. 4. B.4, black. N.Am., abundant in 
the Miss. Valley. 
aa. Tail not half length of wing; rump colored like back; breast with one 
band or none. (Ochthodromus Reich.) 
6. Bill as long as middle toe and claw. 
