CHARADRIID^E: Plovers 



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Southern California W.V. 

 Sept.-May Abundant in 

 migration. Common in winter. 

 Ocean beach and tide-flats. 

 Usually in flocks or groups of a 

 half-dozen or less, though large 

 flocks are occasional in mi- 

 gration. 



Southern California W.V. 

 Abundant locally, and very 

 irregularly, in broad open 

 stretches of cultivated ground. 

 Usually in considerable flocks 

 that scatter widely when feed- 

 ing. 



Arizona Apparently even 

 more local and sporadic in 

 appearance, as indicated by 

 records. 



Mountain Plover 



SURF-BIRDS AND TURNSTONES. Family Aphrizidae 

 Inhabit rocky shores of ocean. Feed upon marine insects, to secure 

 which the Turnstone upsets pebbles with its bill. 



California W.V. Aug.- 

 May Occasional during 

 summer. Common, on rocky 

 shores, usually in small flocks. 

 Noted as being especially 

 numerous about the Santa 

 Barbara Islands. 



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