294 KK"^' '^^'^ THE WATP:R I;IRDS of FLORIDA. 



>EQIALITIS HELODA {On/). 

 Piping Plover. 



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Adult ill sitiiiincr : Upper parts ashy ; forehead white, 



separated from tlie ash color of the head by a narrow patch 



I^J^ of black : a band on the side of the breast black : under 



-^v parts and a ring around the neck white. 



y .Idiilt ill winter : Similar to the summer plumage, but 



^../■llll^^ the black marking replaced by grayish buff or ashy gray 



. -^ ^^VHfeiite instead of black. Bill orange at base, tipped with black. 



^^I^BpMr' Length. , -) ; Wing, 4.80 ; Tarsus, .90 ; Bill, .50. 



,W / Ranges from Lal)raclor to the West Indies 



and South America. It is a common species 

 on the New Enghmd coast during the migra- 

 tions, and is a reguhir winter visitant to Florida, although not abundant. 



The Piping Plover breeds from Virginia to Labrador and Newfoundland. 

 The eggs are dull white marked with dark brown. 



/EGIALITIS HELODA CIRCUHCINCTA Ridg7c>. 

 Belted Piping Plover. 



It is similar to X. incioda, Init differs in having an unbroken black band from the sides 

 around in front of the neck. 



This species occurs on the coast during the migrations. I am not aware 

 that it has been recorded from Florida, but it no doubt occurs there. 



Subgenus OCHTHODROMUS Reich. 



^QIALITIS WILSONIA (Ord.). 



Wilson's Plover. 



.-hiult male : Alcove ashy brown; forehead white, extending into a faint superciliary stripe 

 of dull black on the crown; throat white, continuing on the sides of the neck, nearly joining 

 upon the nape ; a black pectoral band, the feathers edged with white, becoming brown upon 

 tlie sides; under parts white: two central tail feathers brown, the others showing increasing 

 markings of white to the outer tail feathers, which are white ; bill black (large and stout) ; legs 

 pinkish. 



