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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTEK'N NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY CHARADRIID^. 



Plovers. 



Toes, three, no hind toe. 



The Plovers are ;i cosmopolitan fnmily, numberim': pomething less than one hundred 

 species, fifteen ot which occur in North Ani^-rica, iiicluiiiuiif exotic stragglers. As a rule tliey 

 have but three toes, although two genera^ Squatarola aud V'auellus, have four. The tarsus is 

 retiuuiate aud the toes are partly webbed. 



Black-l)ellic.(J I'lovor (Winter) 



Pipinn Plover. SemiiialmatiMl IMover. 



* Group 1. Wing, 3.75 to 4.50 inches long. 

 Section 1. Bill, under .60. 



IJiil, orange at base, tlio tip, black; legs, dull llcsh color: a black 

 stripe from bill passing under eye. 



Aefjinlitls scmipalmntn. Semipalmated Plover. 

 See No. 220. 



Acpialitits semi 

 pulinata. 



* For directions for nieamu'eineiit, see page 9. 



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