SEMIPALMATED PLOVER; RING-NECK. 



274. Aegialitis semipalmata. 7 in. 



Feet with three toes with small webs be- 

 tween their bases. Plumage buack and 

 gray as shown by the upper bird. 



Note. A clear piping whistle. 



Nest. On the ground. Three or four buff 

 eggs with a few specks of blackish. 



Range. Breeds from northern Canada and 

 Alaska south to the St. Lawrence. 



PIPING PLOyER. 

 277. Aegialitis meloda. 7 in. 



Very pale ashy-gray, white and black as 

 shown by the lower bird. Legs and base of 

 bill orange. 



Note. A clear melodious double whistle. 



Nest. Four buff eggs, with a few black 

 specks, laid in hollows on the sand. 



Range. Breeds locally from Nova Scotia, 

 Ontario and Saskatchewan south to Va. and 

 Ind. Winters on the South Atlantic and 

 Gulf coasts. 



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