172 PLOVERS. 



A. Rill over -50. 



t*. A black <>r brownish band on the breast . 280. WILSON'S PLOVER. 

 b*. No band on the breast; bock grayish brown, margined with nitons. 



'JJ>1. MOUNTAIN PI.UVKII. 

 o. Bill under -50. 

 A A black line from the eye to the bill. 



274. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. 

 c. No line from the eye to the bill. 



^77. PiriNo PLOVKK. U77. BELTKH I'IIMNO I'I.OVKK. 

 II. Toes four ............. 270. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVKK. 



The LAPWING (i69. Vanellut vanellut) is an (Mil-World species of acci- 

 di-ntal occurrence in America. The only record for eastern North America 

 couth of Greenland is based on a specimen shot at Merrkk, L. I., in Dceem- 

 ; ^Dutcher, Auk, iii, 1886, p. 438;. 



270. Charadrius squatarola > I.hn,.\. BLACK-IH.I.LIKI. I'I.OVKH; 

 BEETLE-HEAD. (Sec Fig. 25, . . I/. /'//. summer. L 'pper parts l>luck, 



bordered with white; tail white, burred with black; banal half of the inner 

 web of the primaries white; Hides of tin- head and neck and entire under parts, 

 except the white lower belly und under tail-coverts, black. 7m. Upper i>arts 

 block, the head und inc-k streaked, the hark >j">u..l with bully yellow; tail 

 and wings as in the adult; under parts white, the breast and sides streaked 

 with bro-.vnish jjrny. W!iit?r plumage. Similar to the preceding, but upper 

 parts brownish fray, lightly margined with whitish. L., 11-00; W., 7'50; 

 Tar., 1-90; B.. 1 1". 



Jfemartt. The rounded scales on the front of the tarsus and the presence 

 of a fourth, nlthoinrh very small, too distinguish this bird. 



Range. Nearly oOHBOpolltUl ; breeds in the arctic region?, and in Amer- 

 ica winters from Florida to Brax.il. 



Long Island, common T. V., May ." to June 5; Aug. 1 to Oct. IS. Ring 

 Sing, A. V. 



/";/.'/". three to four, IL'ht bntfy olivo. spotted and speckled with dark 

 brown and brownish black or deep black. 2-04 x 1-4" rKidgw.). 



The following notes ro nbridporl from Mr. Mackay's extoiulod no- 

 count of the habits of this species (Auk. ix. 1892, pp. 143-1 52). They 

 are in a preat degree fidi- birds, and seek a large part of their food on 

 sand -flats left by the receding water. As the tide rises they resort to 

 adjoining marshes or uplands, beaches, or the exposed erests of sand- 

 liars. In migrating they fly in lines and also in ranks, like Ducks and 

 Geese. When on the ground they usually run very fast for four or five 

 yards, then stop, elevate the head, and look around. They strike at 

 the object they are going to pick up and eat with a very quick motion. 

 They have two calls : one of several notes, with the accent on the sec- 

 ond one, is mellow, clear, and far reaching ; the other is low, and is 

 uttered when they are at ease and contented. 



