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98. Snowy Plover. ALgialites nivosa. 



Forehead and under parts white ; band across crown, and broad 

 patch on either side of breast black ; bill black. Length, 6# in. ; wing, 

 4Xin. 



Hab Western United States, from California east to Kansas 

 and Western Gulf States ; in winter both coasts of Central America 

 and Western South America to Chili ; Western Cuba. 



99. Wilson's Plover. sEgialites wilsonia. 



Lores, front of crown, and band on breast black ; rest of under parts 

 and forehead white ; back brownish gray. Length, 7% in. ; wing, 



4K in - 



Hab. Coasts of North and South America from Long Island and 

 Lower California southward. Casual to Nova Scotia. 



100. Surf-bird. Aphriza virgata. 



Head, neck, and breast mottled with black and white ; white bar 

 on wing ; white rump ; bill black ; legs and feet yellow. Length, 10 

 in. ; wing, 7 in. 



Hab. Pacific Coast of America from Alaska to Chili. 



101. Black Turnstone. Arenaria melanocephala. 



Head, neck, and back brownish black ; spot in front of and be- 

 hind the eye white ; throat and chest blackish brown ; under parts 

 white; bill black; legs and feet greenish yellow. Length, 9 in.; 

 wing, 6 in. 



Hab. Pacific Coast of North America from Point Barrow, Alaska, 

 to Santa Margarita Island, Lower California ; breeding from Alaska 

 south to British Columbia. 



102. Mountain Plover. JEgialites montana. 



Forehead and stripe over eye white ; stripe from bill to eye black ; 

 upper parts grayish brown ; under parts dull white ; bill black ; feet 

 and legs orange. Length, 8^ in. ; wing, 6 in. 



/fa. Chiefly the Plains from Central Kansas to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains ; north to the British boundary from Kansas ; westward, espe- 

 cially in winter, to Central and Southern California. Accidental in 

 Florida. 



103. Turnstone. Arenaria interpres. 



Top of head, back of neck, chin and throat, and upper back to 

 sides of breast white, streaked on crown with black ; head marked 



