KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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Charadrius squat 



(summer plumage). 



Cliaradrius squatarola (winter plumage). 



Charadrius squatarnla (font). 



This species may always be distinguished from the Golden Plover by 

 the presence of a rudimentar}^ hind toe and the black axillars, which are 

 gray in the Golden Plover. 



It ranges from the Arctic regions to South America, being connnon 

 on the Atlantic coast during migrations. It breeds in the far North ; the 

 eggs are usuall}- four, pale olix'e brown, spotted and speckled with brown 

 and black. 



