SNOWY PLOVER 
278. Hgialitis nivosa. 6.5 in. 
Very small and very pale colored. Small black patch 
on either side of the breast, on ear coverts, and on 
erown. Bill more slender but longer than that of the 
Piping Plover. 
Notes.—Low, mournful, piping whistles. 
Range.—United States chiefly west of the Rockies, 
east to Kansas and north to Dakota. 
WILSON PLOVER 
280. Ochthodromus wilsonius. 7.5 in. 
Bill large and heavy for birds of this genus. <A black 
band across the neck, not extending to the back of the 
neck; dark line between eye and bill. 
Notes.—A ‘“ mixture of whistle and chirp,’ 
ferent from that of allied plovers. (Elliott). 
Nest.—A shallow hollow in the sand, sometimes con- 
cealed by short beach grass; eggs grayish, spotted and 
seratched with blackish brown (1.25 x .95). 
Range.—Breeds on the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts 
north to Virginia; later may stray to Maine. 
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