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white, the outer feather spotted with black; pri- 

 maries and their coverts blackish-brown, the latter 

 margined with white ; primary shafts about two- 

 thirds from the base, white, tips blackish-brown ; 

 part of the inner webs of the outer primaries white ; 

 both webs of the inner primaries partially white ; 

 secondaries white at the base, margined at the same ; 

 feet black ; toes connected by a membrane. Female 

 smaller. Young with the upper plumage greyish- 

 brown, the feathers spotted with white ; throat, fore- 

 neck, and upper part of the breast greyish-white, 

 streaked with dusky ; rest of the lower parts white. 

 Length of adult male eleven inches and three quar- 

 ters, wing seven and a half." Giraud^s Birds of 

 Long Island. 



AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. 



Frost Bird, Greenback. 

 Oharadrius Pluvialis, Wils. 



This bird furnishes great sport at Montauk Point, 

 when the fortunate sportsman "happens to arrive 

 after a fierce north-easter early in September and 

 during one of those wonderful flights that occasion- 

 ally occur. They come readily to the decoys which 

 are placed in the open upland fields, and were once 

 killed in great numbers on Hempstead plains before 

 cultivation ejected them. A large number of de- 

 coys should be used, for they are not so easily seen 

 as when set in the water. After alighting, the gold- 

 en plover runs with great activity in pursuit of the 



