90 



SHORE BIRDS. 



legs; a short hind toe and with the three anterior provided 



Fiff. 106. 



with a basal mem- 

 brane ; summer adults 

 light above, black 

 beneath ; axillaries, 

 always black , fig. 

 106. 



1. BLACK-BEL- 

 LIED PLOVER, S. 



SQUATAROLA. 1.00; 



bill, 1.25; lower parts 

 and sides of head, 

 black; forehead? 

 sides of the breast? 

 upper and under tail 

 coverts, whit.e: up- 

 per parts, irregularly Gr, E, b, 1. 1- 

 spotted with dusky and whitish ; bill and feet, black, fig. 

 106. Young, grayish above, most of the feathers edged with 

 whitish ; white beneath, tinged and mottled with grayish 



on breast. Young, 

 differ from last in 

 having the back 

 spotted with pale 



yellow; basal half of 

 inner portion of in- 

 ner webs of prima- 

 ries, white, contrast- 

 ing in flight with the 

 black axillaries. 

 Breeds in the north- 

 ern portion of the 

 northern hemi- 

 sphere; migrating 

 southward in N. A. 



Or. E, C, 1, 1-^ 



