SHORK BIRDS. 



2. RING PLOVER, A. HISTICULA. Differs from 1 in 

 having the ring much broader. Breeds in the northern parts 

 of the Old World and in North America on the west shore of 

 Cumberland Gulf. 



3. PIPING PLOVER, A. MELODA. Palest of our Plo- 

 ver. About the 



size of 1 ; differs 

 in being much - 

 paler above, in 

 having no black 

 on sides of head 

 and that ou top . 

 reduced to a-J; 

 small, inverted 

 lunette, the: 

 neck ring is re- ^1 

 presented by two 

 spots on either Gr, E, d, 3. 1-3. 



side of breast but does not often extend wholly across breast ; 

 there is an oblique patch on primaries and the base of tail is 

 white, fig. 110. Downy young, above, yellowish ash mixed 

 with rufous; white beneath. Breeds from the coast of Vir- 

 ginia to Newfoundland in June; migrates south in Aug. and 

 Sep. ; winters on the Florida Keys and Greater Antilles ; mi- 

 grates north from middle April (when it is rare on the Baha- 

 mas) through May. Common, but rare now on the coast of 

 Mass, in summer. Note, a long, sweet, mournful whistle. 

 Often associates with 1 and has similar habits. 



3*. BELTED PIPING PLOVER, A. M. CIRCUMCINTA. 

 Differs from 3 in having the band across breast continuous, 

 Mississippi Valley, breeding from northern 111. north to Lake 

 Winnipeg, more or less frequent, but chiefly during migra- 

 tion, eastward to the Atlantic coast. 



e. Large-billed Plovers. Oohthodromus. 



Differ from d in having a much larger, longer bill, longer 

 legs, and in the sexes not being similar, plate 11 A. 



