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CHARADRIID.E. 



Young birds of tlie year liave the beak abtiost entirely 

 black ; they have no black band over the white one on the 

 forehead ; the lore, ear-coverts, and the collar round the 

 lower part of the neck are only dusky brown ; legs and toes 

 pale yellow. 



The vignette below represents the breast-bone of the 

 Golden Plover, showing by the depth of the keel, and the 

 consequent large size of the pectoral muscles, the powers of 

 flight in the family of the Plovers. 



