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SNOWY PLOVER 

 278. JEgialitis nivosa. 6.5 in. 



Very small and very pale colored. Small black patch 

 on either side of the breast, on ear coverts, and on 

 crown. Bill more slender but longer than that of the 

 Piping Plover. 



Notes. Low, mournful, piping whistles. 



Range. United States chiefly west of the Rockies, 

 east to Kansas and north to Dakota. 



WILSON PLOVER 



280. Ochthodromus wilsonius. 7.5 in, 



Bill large and heavy for birds of this genus. A black 

 band across the neck, not extending to the back of the 

 neck; dark line between eye and bill. 



Notes. A " mixture of whistle and chirp," very dif- 

 ferent from that of allied plovers. (Elliott). 



Nest. A shallow hollow in the sand, sometimes con- 

 cealed by short beach grass; eggs grayish, spotted and 

 scratched with blackish brown ( 1.25 x. 95). 



Range. Breeds on the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts 

 north to Virginia; later may stray to Maine. 



