148 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



.i:GIALITIS SEMIPALMATUS. {Bp.) 

 Ring-necked Plover. 



Adult Male. — Bill short and stout, of an orange-yellow color, 

 tipped with black ; legs, yellowish ; toes, semipalmate ; above, gray- 

 ish brown, with coronal and pectoral bars of dark brown; eyelids, 

 oranse. 



Length 6.75, wing 4.50, tail 2.35, tarsus .80, bill .40. 



This Plover occasionally visits the islands, but I do not think it 

 is ever at all common. Dr. Bryant, in his list, gives it as "common 

 until May." It is gregarious, and is generally to be found in small 

 flocks frequenting the open beaches. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. V. pi. 320. 



^GIALITIS MELODUS. {Ord.) 

 Piping Plover. 



Wintci' Plumage, Male. — Above, pale ashy brown ; throat and 

 band around the neck, white; forehead, white, the color of the back 

 extending upon the side of the breast ; under parts wholly white ; 

 quills, brown and white; tail, dark brown, with white bases and tips; 

 outer ones, white. 



Length 7, wing 4.S0, tail 2, tarsus .80, bill .44. 



