8o LIMICOL^E: Shore-Birds 



AMERICAN BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 



(270. Squatarola squatarola cynosurae) 11 in. 



Dusky above, with white edging; the clean black front and 

 breast, with broad white border, are distinctive except as against 

 the similar pattern of the sadly rare Golden Plover (which is 

 yellow-speckled above) . 



Female, duller. Winter: White below, fore parts dusky 

 streaked; grayer on back and wings. 



In flight, outer portion of spread wing (primaries) blackish 

 and white; spread tail appears white. 



MOUNTAIN PLOVER 



(281. Podasocys montanus) 9 in. 



Black bar across crown, and a black strip from bill to eye; upper 

 parts gray-brown; below, dull white, buffy on chest. 



In winter the black is absent; back grayer; more buffy below. 



FAMILY TURNSTONES, etc. 



Turnstones and Surf -birds (Family Aphrizidae) : Shore-birds 

 of medium size; Plover-like in shape; bill similar in length, 

 thinner, straight or slightly recurved. 



BLACK TURNSTONE 



(284. Arenaria melanocephala) 9 in. 



Brownish black; white rump, base of tail, wing-patch, and belly; 

 head and neck with small white streaks or spots. In flight the 

 wing-patch expands into a startling white bar across the other- 

 wise black wing. 



In winter browner and without the white striping of head and 

 neck. 



Color and pattern are distinctive. 



