262 BAY-BIRDS. 



there will be other birds, and some quite common 

 varieties, that, among bay-men, have no names what- 

 ever. 



It is not intended to furnish a description of all 

 the species of shore-snipe that occasionally are killed, 

 but to supply such information as will enable the 

 sportsman to distinguish the ordinary varieties ; and 

 such facts as have not been fully stated, which are 

 more especially applicable to certain members of this 

 great class, are grouped together under separate 

 heads. Nothing is expected to be added to the 

 ornithological learning of the world, and only such 

 portions of that science are given as may be consi- 

 dered desirable for the ready use of the sportsman 

 in the intelligent pursuit of his pleasures. 



PLOVERS. 



Genus Charadrius, Linn. 



Generic distinctions. Bill short, strong, straight, 

 about the length of the head, which is rather large 

 and prominent in front ; eyes large ; body full ; neck 

 short and rather thick ; wings long ; tail rounded and 

 of moderate length ; toes connected at the base ; hind 

 toe wanting, or consisting of a small knob. 



BLACK-BREAST. 



Bull-Headed Plover. Beetle-Headed Plover. Black-Bellied 



Plover. 



Charadrius Helveticus, Wils. 



This bird is killed along our bays indiscriminately 

 with the other snipe, although it does not stool as 



