KEY TO THE SHORE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



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Section 4. Toes, 3 ; bill, under .60. 



Bill, orange at base, the tip, black ; legs, dull flesh color ; a 

 black stripe from bill passing under eye. 



Semipalmated Plover. 



Aegialitis semipalmata. 



See page 75. 



Bill, orange at base, the tip, black; the legs, orange yellow; two middle tail 

 feathers, tipped with white; no black stripe from bill to eye; black breast 

 baud not confluent. Species not found west of the Rocky Mountains. 



Piping Plover. 



Aegialitis meloda. 

 See page 75. 



Bill, orange at base, the tip, black ; legs, orange yellow ; middle tail feathers, 

 tipped with white; no black stripe from bill to eye; a continuous black 

 band on breast. Species not found west of Rocky Mountains. 



Belted Piping Plover. 



Aegialitis meloda, circnmcincta. 

 See page 70. 



Aegialitis nivosa. 



Bill, entirely black ; legs, slate color ; two outer tail feathers, en- 

 tirely white; two middle feathers, not tipped with w T hite; no 

 black stripe from bill to eye. Ranges from Texas and Kansas 

 west to the Pacific Ocean; casual in Western Florida and 

 Cuba; not known to occur on the Atlantic Coast. 



Snowy Plover. 



Aegialitis nivosa. 



See page 76. 



Section 5. Toes, 3; bill, over .60. 



Aegialitis Wilsonia. 



A very small web between outer and middle toes ; bill, large 

 and thick; a band of black (male) or brown (female) on 



breast. 



Wilson's Plover. 



Aegialitis inilsonia. 

 See page 77. 



