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244 CHARADRIIDE, PLOVER.—GEN. 191, 192. 
great flocks in the fall, a well-known and highly-rated game bird. It is 
very near the European species, but seems distinct; the axillars are gray, 
not white. It appears to be a variety of the Asiatic; rather larger and 
with shorter toes. Wus., vii, 71, pl. 59,f. 5; Nutr., 11, 16; Aun:; v; 
‘203, pl. 316; Cass. in Bp., 690. . . . . . ‘¥FULVUS Var. VIRGINICUS. 
. 191-2. Genus ASGIALITIS Boie. 
*,* Plumage not speckled; below, white; head and neck with black bands in 
the breeding season. 
* Tarsus about half as long again as the middle toe. (#gialitis.) 
Ivildeer Plover. Rump and upper tail coverts tawny or orange-brown, 
' most of the tail feathers white at base and tip, suffused with orange-brown 
ina part of their length, and with 
1-3 black bars ; secondaries mostly 
white, and primaries with a white 
space ; forehead white ; a black bar 
across the crown, and éwo broad 
black bands on the neck and breast ; 
bill black; feet pale grayish-blue. 
9-10; wing 6 or more; tail 33, 
much rounded; tarsus about 14. 
North America, very abundant, 
especially on the Plains; breeds 
anywhere, but rarely in New Eng- 
Fic. 158. Kildeer Plover. land; name derived from its pecu- 
liar notes. WILS., vii, 73, pl. 59; Nurt., ii, 22; Avup., v, 207, pl. 517; 
CASS SID Die G92" eek gee oh: 2s NOCIRERIUSS 
Wilson’s Plover. Pale ashy-brown, merging into fulvous on the nape; a 
black bar on the crown, and a broad black pectoral belt, grayish-brown in 
the @ and young; no bright ring round eye; legs flesh-colored; bill black, 
extremely large and stout, nearly as long as the head; 7-8; wing 44-5; 
tail 2, nearly square. Seacoast of S. Atlantic and Gulf States, common; 
N. to the middle districts, and probably to New England; also on the Pacific 
side to California? Wiuus., ix, 77, pl. 73, f. 5; Nurv., ii, 21; Aup., v, 
214, pl. 319; Cass. in Bp., 693. ee Ds se ay LS ONT 
Semipalmated Plover. Ling Plover. Ringneck. Dark ashy-brown with 
an olivaceous shade; very broad coronal 4nd pectoral black bars, in the 
adult of both sexes, that on the breast grayish-brown in the young, but still 
evident: edges of eyelids bright orange; bill moderately short and stout, 
orange or yellow, black-tipped; legs yellowish; toes conspicuously semi- 
palmate. About 7; tail about $-as long as the wings, rounded. North 
America, abundant. Breeds northward. Wus., vii, 65, pl. 59, f.3; Nurr., 
li, 24; Aup., v, 218, pl. 320; Cass. in Bp., 674. . . . SEMIPALMATUS. 
Piping Plover. Ringneck. Very pale ashy-brown; the black bands 
narrow, often imperfect; bill colored as in the last, but very short and 
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