SANDPIPERS. 193 



over eye and beneath, white. Fore part of 

 crown, streak from bill to eye and con- 

 tinuous band on breast, black; above but 

 little darker than Piping Plover, fig. 138. 

 Female, with neck ring brown. Young, more 

 reddish above. Breeds from Long Island 

 southward through the Bahamas, W. I. and 

 along the Gulf coast, in May; casual as far 

 north as Nova Scotia in summer. Winters 

 from the Fla. Keys, south, through the W. I. 

 to S. A. Flight, rather heavy. Call note, 

 a single short, but loud, whistle; daring the 

 breeding season utters a series of rattling 

 notes. 



143. MOUNTAIN PLOVER. 



Larger, 8.50; similar in general color to 

 the last, but the black on head is replaced 

 by a more or less continuous tinging of 

 brown. Breeds on the western plains from 

 Kansas northward to Canada, in May. 

 Occurs on dry plains and feeds chiefly on 

 insects; goes south in late fall to winter in 

 Southern Cal., Lower Cal., Tex. and Mex.; 



