330 GRALL^. — CHARADRIAD^. 



Order.— GRALLtE. {Waders.) 

 Fam.— CHAEADRIADiE. {The Plovers.) 

 SHORT-BILLED PLOVER.* 

 melodus. 



Charadrius hiaticula, WiLS. — Aud. pi. 220. 



Charadnus melodus, Ord. 



I HAVE nothing to add to Wilson's memoir of 

 this little bird. About the beginning of Novem- 

 ber, they arrive in Jamaica from the north ; after 

 which they may be seen running swiftly on the 

 mud of morasses, and on the sea-beach, in com- 

 pany with Sand-pipers. They feed on small mol- 

 lusca, worms, &c. 



KILDEER PLOVER.t 



Tilderee.— Tell-tale. 



^gialites vociferus. 



Charadrius vociferus, Linn. — Aud. pi. 225. 



jEgialites vociferus, BoiE. 



It is in the large open pastures of the lowlands 

 that the Tell-tale dwells. The traveller, as he passes 

 along, is startled by the sudden rise of a dozen or 



* Length 7 inches, expanse 14^, flexure 4|-, tail 2-5^, rictus ^, tarsus 

 1, middle toe l-^^. Intestine 14 inches: two caeca, 1 inch long. 



+ Length 9^ inches, expanse 18, flexure 5-J, tail 3-j^, rictus ^, tarsus 

 1t^, middle toe -i^. 



