AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



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Ring-necked Plovers With Only Three Toes. 



No. 273, Killdeer, {Aegialitis voc- 



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Length, 9.5 inches. Temperate North America, 

 breeding north to southern Canada. Bill, quite long 

 and black. Upper parts, brownish gray. Two black 

 bands across the breast. Rump and tail coverts chest- 

 nut. 



A. O. U. No. 274, Semipalmated Plover, 

 {Aegialitis semipalmata. ) 



Length, 7 inches. Breeds in the arctic regions and 

 migrates to tropical America. Bill, short and black 

 tipped. A single black band encircles the neck. Foot 

 webbed between the outer and middle toe, to the first 

 joint. 



A. O. U. No. 277, Piping Plover, {Aegialitis 

 meloda.) 



Length, 6.5 inches. Eastern North America, breed- 

 ing from Virginia to New Foundlandi Very broad 

 white band across the foreliead. Bill, short and stout 

 black tipped. Black crescent on each side of the neck, 

 not meeting on the breast or back of neck. Tail, 

 white with a black tip. 



A. O. U. No. 278, Snowy Plover, {Aegialitis 

 nivosa.) 



Length, 6.5 inches. From the Mississippi Valley 

 westwards and from northern California southwards. 

 Bill, quite long and slender, black. Small black cres- 

 cent on each side of the neck. A narrow black stripe 

 back from the eye. Back, very light gray. 



A. O. U. No. 280, Wilson's Plover, (zAegial- 

 itis wUsonia.) 



Length, 7.5 inches. Both coasts of the United 

 States. Bill, quite long and stout. A broad black 

 band across the breast. 



