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90. Solitary Sandpiper. Tetanus solitarius. 



Upper parts olive brown ; back spotted with white ; breast streaked 

 with black; in winter upper parts grayish brown; belly white; bill 

 greenish brown; legs and feet olive green. Length, 8> in.; wing, 

 5 1 A in. 



Hab. North America, breeding occasionally in the Northern 

 United States, more commonly northward, and migrating southward 

 as far as the Argentine Republic and Peru. 



91. Wandering Tattler. Heteraclitis incanus. 



Head, neck, and upper parts dark gray ; throat white spotted with 

 gray ; under parts white barred with gray ; bill black ; feet and legs 

 greenish yellow. Length, 8 in. ; wing, 6^ in. 



Hab. Pacific Coast of America, from Norton Sound, Alaska, to 

 Galapagos, and west to Kamchatka and Hawaiian Islands ; also the 

 Eastern group of Polynesia. 



92. Belted Piping Plover. ^gialites meloda circumcincta. 



Upper parts gray ; forehead and under parts white ; black band on 

 breast and black band on forehead. Similar to No. 93. 



Hab. Mississippi Valley, breeding from Northern Illinois north to 

 Lake Winnipeg; more or less frequent eastward to the Atlantic 

 Coast. 



93. Piping Plover. sEgialites meloda. 



Upper parts pale green ; forehead and under parts white ; ring 

 around neck white ; band on either side of breast, black ; band on 

 forehead black ; bill orange, tip black ; legs and feet orange. Length, 

 7 in. ; wing, 4^ in. 



Hab. Eastern North America, breeding from the coast of Vir- 

 *ginia northward to Newfoundland; in winter, West Indies. 



94. Semipalmated Plover. ALgialites semipalmata. 

 Ring-neck Plover. 



Under parts and ring around neck white, except band on the breast 

 encircling neck black; back brownish gray; spot under eye white; 

 bill yellow, black tip ; legs and feet flesh color. Length, 6^ in. ; 

 wing, 4% in. 



Hab. Arctic and Subarctic America, migrating south throughout 

 tropical America, as far as Brazil, Peru, and the Galapagos. 



