90 



SHOKE BIRDS. 



legs; a short hind toe and with the three anterior provided 



with a basal mem- Fig. 106. 



brane ; summer adults 



l.ight above, black 



beneath ; axillaries, 



always black , fig. 



106. 



1. BLACK-BEL- 

 LIED PLOVER, S. j 



SQUATAROLA. 1.00; I 



bill, 1.25 ; lower parts /^ 

 and sides of head, 

 black; forehead* 

 sides of the breast? 

 upper and under tail ' 

 coverts, white: up- 

 per parts, irregularly Gr, B, b, 1. 1-8. 

 spotted with dusky and whitish ; bill and feet, black, fig. 

 106. Young, grayish above, most of the feathers edged with 

 whitish; white beneath, tinged and mottled with grayish 



Fig. 107. 



on breast. Young, 

 differ from last in 

 having the back 

 spotted with pale 

 yellow ; basal half of 

 inner portion of in- 

 ner webs of prima- 

 ries, white, contrast- 

 ing inflight with the 

 black axillaries. 

 Breeds in the north- 

 ern portion o f t h e 

 northern hemi- 

 sphere; migrating 

 southward in N. A. 



1, 1-8. 



