RINGED PLOVER. 



^GIALITIS HIATICULA. 



Char. Above, rich brown ; forehead and stripe behind the eyes 

 white ; crown, cheeks, and collar black, — the collar widest on the breast ; 

 patch on wings white; central tail-feathers brown, tipped with white; 

 outer feathers mostly white ; beneath, white ; bill yellow, tipped with 

 black. Length 734^ inches. 



Nest. A cavity among the pebbles of a sea-washed beach, sometimes 

 slightly lined with weeds, — occasionally the lining is of small stones about 

 the size of peas. 



Eggs. Usually 4; dull buff, marked with brownish black; 1.40 X 

 1. 00. 



This European bird, known to many of the old country gunners 

 as the Ringed Dotterel), and closely allied to our well-known Semi- 

 palmated Plover, was found by Kumlien breeding in numbers on 

 the western shore of Cumberland Bay. The same observer reports 

 it common also at Disco Island, Greenland. It is not known to 



