BAY-BIRDS. t40 
there will be other birds, and some quite common 
varieties, that, among bay-men, have no names what- 
ever. 
It is not intended to furnish a description of all 
the species of shore-snipe that occasionally are killed, 
but to supply such information as will enable the 
sportsman to distinguish the ordinary varieties ; and 
such facts as have not been fully stated, which are 
more especially applicable to certain members of this 
great class, are grouped together under separate 
heads. Nothing is expected to be added to the 
ornithological learning of the world, and only such 
portions of that science are given as may be consi- 
dered desirable for the ready use of the sportsman 
in the intelligent pursuit of his pleasures. 
PLoveErs. 
Genus Charadrius, Linn. 
Generic distinctions—Bill short, strong, straight, 
about the length of the head, which is rather large 
and prominent in front ; eyes large ; body full ; neck 
short and rather thick ; wings long; tail rounded and 
of moderate length; toes connected at the base ; hind 
toe wanting, or consisting of a small knob. 
Brack-Breast. 
Bull-Headed Plover. Beetle-Headed Plover. Black-Bellied 
Plover. 
Charadrius Helveticus, Wils. 
This bird is killed along our bays indiscriminately 
with the other snipe, although it does not stool as 
