KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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Charadriiis squatarola (summer plumage). 



Charadrius squatarola (winter plumage). 



Charadrius squatarola (foot). 



This species may always be distinguished from the Golden Plover by 

 the presence of a rudimentary hind toe and the black axillars, which are 

 gray in the Golden Plover. 



It ranges from the Arctic regions to South America, being common 

 on the Atlantic coast during migrations. It breeds in the far North ; the 

 eggs are usually four, pale olive brown, spotted and speckled with brown 

 and black. 



