

250 AYES: LIMICOL/E. — XXXVIII. 



785. 2B. wilsonia (Ord). "Wilson's Plover. Brownish gray; 

 forehead and lower parts white, a black band on breast and one on 

 front of crown ; O duller and rusty. L. 7£. W. 4|. B. £. Trop- 

 ical shores, N. to X. Y. (To Alex. Wilson.) 



bb. Bill shorter than middle toe without claw. 

 c. All toes distinctly webbed at base. 



78G. Sj. semipalmata Bonaparte. Ring -Neck Plover. 

 Dark grayish brown; black bands broad. L. 7. W. 5. B. \. - 

 N. Am. 



cc. Inner toe not webbed at base. 



787. .33. meloda (Ord). Piping Plover. Very pale ashy 

 brown, clear white below ; dark bands narrow and faint ; toes 

 slightly webbed. L. 6f. W. 4f. B. 1. E. N. Am., along the 

 coast ; represented in Miss. Valley by var. circumcincta Bidgway, 

 with the black patches on sides of breast coalescent. 



Family CXLVIL APHRIZID^L (The Surf-birds.) 



Toes 4, not webbed, the hinder short, well-developed; tarsus 

 scutellate in front ; legs rather long ; wings long and pointed ; tail 

 short ; bill rather short. Two genera, each with a species, found 

 on most northern shores, (deppos, surf ; £aa>, I live.) 

 a. Bill as long as tarsus, hard, sharp-pointed; tail rounded. Akenakia, 402. 



402. ARENARIA Brisson. (Lat., relating to sand.) 



788. A. interpres (L.). Turnstone. Variegated; black, 

 white, and chestnut above, mostly white below ; young without red- 

 dish; feet orange; throat white. L. 81. "W. 6. T. 21. B. $. 

 Northern regions, generally common. (Eu.) (Lat., a go-between.) 



Family CXLVIII. H-fflMATOPODID^3. (The 

 Oyster-Catchers.) 



Toes 3, webbed at base ; tarsus reticulate ; legs stout, coarse and 

 rough ; wings long and pointed ; tail short. Bill hard, long, con- 

 stricted near base, much compressed, truncate at tip, nearly straight, 

 adapted for opening shells ; nasal groove short; nostril linear. Size 

 large ; sexes similar. One genus, with 6 or 7 species ; shore-birds 

 found in most countries. 



403. HiEMATOPUS Linnams. (af^a, blood ; novs, foot.) 



789. H. palliatus Teniminck. Oyster-Catcher. Back dark 

 slate; head and neck black; bill and legs red; tail coverts white. 

 L. 18. W. 10. T. 4^. B. 3. American coasts. (Lat., wearing 

 a cloak.) 



