GRALL^E. CHARADRIAD^E. 



ORDER. GRALL^E. (Waders.) 



FAM. CHARADRIAD.E. (The Plovers.) 



SHORT-BILLED PLOVER.* 



JEgialites melodus. 



Charadrius hiaticula, WILS. Aud. pi. 220. 



Charadrius melodus, ORD. 



I HAVE nothing to add to Wilson's memoir of 

 this little bird. About the beginning of Novem- 

 ber, they arrive in Jamaica from the north; after 

 which they may be seen running swiftly on the 

 mud of morasses, and on the sea-beach, in com- 

 pany with Sand-pipers. They feed on small mol- 

 lusca, worms, &c. 



KILDEER PLOVER.f 



Tilderee. Tell-tale. 

 jEgialites vociferus. 



Charadrius vociferus, LINN. Aud. pi. 225. 



JEgialites vociferus, BOIE. 



IT is in the large open pastures of the lowlands 

 that the Tell-tale dwells. The traveller, as he passes 

 along, is startled by the sudden rise of a dozen or 



* Length 7 inches, expanse 14, flexure 4f, tail 2^., rictus $, tarsus 

 1, middle toe 1^-. Intestine 14 inches: two cseca, 1 inch long. 



-f Length 9- inches, expanse 18, flexure 5, tail 3^-, rictus -^-, tarsus 

 1^-, middle toe . 



