152 A NATURALIST IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION 



the under parts, white. There is a black bar on each side 

 of the breast, the two sometimes uniting to form a band across 



the breast. 



The killdee and 

 semipahnated plovers 

 are also found on the 

 beach, though more 

 characteristic of pas- 

 tures and marshy 

 uplands respectively. 

 The former is about 

 the size of a robin. 

 It has two black bands 

 crossing its front. It 

 repeatedly whistles 

 "killdee" when dis- 

 turbed. The latter is 

 smaller (6j inches) and 



F1G.146.— Termites or white ants, rfrwe5^a2;z>a; has only one black 

 fl, Female; 6, Male; c, Worker; rf, Soldier. From BiilL band across its front. 

 Bureau of Entomology, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. rpj^^ spotted sand- 



piper is also common, though more characteristic of the shores 

 of streams and smaller inland lakes. It is 7I inches long, 

 streaked, barred, and spotted all over, the 

 under parts strongly spotted with black 

 on a white ground. It bows and teeters 

 as it comes to a stand. 



Under the driftwood of the storm beach 

 one will find hiding by day the common 

 toad, many predatory beetles, an occa- 

 sional mole or mouse, all-night prowlers fig. 147.— The sand- 

 that come out in the dusk to feed. Here colored spider, Trochosa 



too one finds the white ants or termites "^^^'''^^• 



(Fig. 146). The sand-colored spider, Trochosa chierea (Fig. 147), 



hunts over this territory to good purpose by day. 



