BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 



beetle-head. bull-head. swiss plover. 

 Charadrius squatarola. 



Char. Summer plumage: above, spotted black and white or ashy; 

 beneath, black Winter plumage . above, spotted black and brownish yel- 

 low ; beneath, black mixed with white Distinguished from all other 

 Plovers by having a hind toe. Length about 12 inches. 



Nest. On dry hill-side ; a slight depression in the soil, lined with a few 

 leaves and bits of grass. 



Eggs. 4, buffish olive or greenish drab thickly marked with brown- 

 ish black ; 2.00 X 1.40. 



The Black-bellied or large Whistling Field Plover is met 

 with in most parts of the northern hemisphere, and in America 

 is known to breed from the open grounds of Pennsylvania to 

 the very extremity of the Arctic regions. It is common around 



