Kl■:^• TO I' III", WATI'lK r.lKDS OI' I'LOKIDA. 



^95 



Female .ukI imiiKiturc birds li.ive the pectoral hand brown, and no Idark on the lie. id. 

 Length, 7.45: Wini;, 4.60; Tail, 1.90; Tarsu.s, 1.16; Uill. .90. 



This i,s ralluM- a SoulluTii species, Inil slraooU.rs have heeii taken as iar 

 uorlh as Nova Seolia. 



It breeds from \'iroinia southward and is a eoininon bird in I'doriihi. 

 The eg^L^s are iisiialh' three in nunilu'r, (hill while dotted and spotted with 

 chocolate brown. 



yKgialitis wilsuiiU. 



^Egi.ilitis mniiUiia. 



Sur.oENus PODASOCYS CouEs. 



/CQIALITIS MONTANA {Ihio/is.). 

 Mountain Plover. 



Above uniforni brownish -ray. feathers occasionally edged with tawny brown ; nnder parts 

 entirely white with tlie exception of the breast, which at times shows a tinge of gray: a l)lack 

 loral stripe extending from the bill to the eye, and a black superciliary stripe l)ack of the head, 

 showing a patch of black: shafts of the first primary white: wing coverts grayish brown, 

 some of them tipped with white : bill black ; legs pale l)rown. 



Length, 8.75 : Wing, 6; Tarsus. 1.60: Bill. .95. 

 "Temperate North America from the L;reat plains westward: accidental 

 in Florida." (a.o.i.) 



This species has been recorded from Florida, but it is not common in 

 the State and must be considered as merely an accidental strai(i,der. 



The eggs are three to four in number, of oli\e brown color dotted and 

 marked with brown. 



