277. Afgialitis meloda 
PIPING PLOVER. 7 inches 
‘Adult. Above gray; forehead white; line across front of crown 
between the eyes black; white ring around neck, then a black ring 
broken on the breast; rump white; tail tipped , “4 
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with black. Below white excepting the broken 
black ring on breast; short yellow bill, tipped | 
with black; yellow legs. Looks like a snow- | 
bird running about the beach; bobs its head 
when it stops. Note. ‘ Two sweet, plaintive 
whistles, pz-pee’.”” _ 
Nest. A hollow in the sand. 
Breeds. Locally onthe coast. A rather com- 
-mon migrant in April and May, August and September, 

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