250 AVES: L1MIC0L.'E. — XXXMIl. 



785. iE. wilaonia (Onl). Wilson's Plovkr. Brownish gray; 

 fort'lu'iid and lowi-r jiarts wliiti', a black hand on bri-ast and ont- on 

 front of frown ; 9 *liiIK'r and rusty. L. TJ. W. 4^. li. |. Troj)- 

 ical sliori's, N. to N. Y. (To Alex. Wilson.) 



bb. Hill shorter than middle toe without claw. {^EgialUis.) 

 c. All toes distinctly webbed at base. 



786. iB. semipalmata Bonaparte. Ring -Neck Plover. 

 Dark grayish brown ; black bands broad. L. 7. W. 5. B. ^. 

 N. Am. 



cc. Inner toe not webbed at base. 



787. .2E. meloda (Ord). Pii'ING Plover. Very pale ashy 

 brown, dear white below ; dark bands narrow and faint ; toes 

 sli;rhtly webbed. L. 6f. W. A\. B. \. E. N. Am., along the 

 coast ; represented in Miss. Valley by var. circumcincta Kidgway, 

 with the black patches on sides of breast coalescent. 



Family CXLVII. APHRIZID^. (The Surf-uirds.) 



Toes 4, not webbed, the hinder short, well-developed; tarsus 

 scutellate in front ; legs rather long ; wings long and pointed ; tail 

 short ; bill rather short. Two genera, each with a species, found 

 on most northern shores. {a<Pp6i, surf ; fdw, I live.) 

 a. Bill as long as tarsus, hard, sharp-pointed; tail rounded. Ahenakia, 402. 



402. ARENARIA Brisson. (Lat., relating to sand.) 



788. A. interpres (L.). Turnstone. Variegated; black, 

 white, and chestnut above, mostly white below; young without red- 

 dish; feet orange; throat white. L. 8^. W. 6. T. 2\. B. \. 

 Northern regions, generally common. (A'«.) (Lat., a go-between.) 



Family CXLVITT. H^MATOPODID^. (The 



OV-SrEIi-CAlClIKKS.) 



Toes 3, webbed at base ; tarsus reticulate ; legs stout, coarse and 

 rough; wings long and pointed ; tail .short. Bill hard, long, con- 

 stricted near base, much comjjressed, truncate at lip, nearly straight, 

 adapted for opening shells; nasal groove short; nostril linear. Size 

 large ; sexes similar. One genus, with tJ or 7 species ; shore-birds 

 found in most countries. 



403. H^MATOPUS Linna?us. (aipi, blood ; ttow, foot.) 



7Hl». H. palliatuB Temminck. Oystek-Catcher. Back dark 

 slate ; head and neck black ; bill and legs red ; tail coverts wliite. 

 L. 18. W. 10. T. 4J^. B. 3. American coasts. (Lat., wearing 

 a cloak.) 



