FAMILY CHARADRIID.K. PLOVERS. 



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Bill, orange at haw, the lip, black; legs, orange yellow; two iiiidille tail feather-;, tipped 

 witli white; no black stripe from bill to eye; black breast band not coiiduciii. Species 

 not found west of the Rocky flountains. Aerjialitis mehnhi. Piping Plover. 



See No. 228. 



Bill, orange at liase, the tip, black; legs, orange yellow; middle tail featlirrs, tip|)fd with 

 white; no black stripe fioni bill to eye; a continuous black band on breast. Species not 

 found west of Rocky flountains. 



Ae(jialUis mehxla circAimcincta. Belted Piping Plover. 



See No. 22!). 



Bill, entirely l)laok; legs, slate color; two outer tail feathers, entirely 

 white; two middle featheis, not tipi)ed witli white; no black stripe from 

 bill to eye. Kaiiges from Texas and Kansas west to the Paeitic Ocean; 

 casual in AVestern Florida and Cuba; not known to occur on the Atlantic 

 Coast. Aegialitis uivusn. Snowy Plover. 



See No. 229a. 



Section 2. Bill, over .60 inchi long. 



Aeffialitis nivosa. 



A cgialitis wilsonia. 



A very small web between outer and middle toes; bill, lar"-e and thick; 

 a baud of black (male) or l)rowu (female) on breast. 



Aegialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover. 

 See No. 230. 



''Group 2. Wing, 4.50 to 5.50 inches long; toes, three, 



no hind toe. 



Section 1. Bill, over .60 inch long. 



Bill, thick; shoulder (lesser and middle wing coverts), asliy gray; \ 

 legs, dull flesh color; a small web between toes. 



Aejjialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover. "^y^ 



See No. 230. Aegialitis wilsonia. 



Section 2. Bill, under ,60 inch long. 



Bill, orange at base, the tip, black; legs, dull flesh color; a black 

 -trii)e from bill passing under eye. 



Aegialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. Ring Neck. 



See No. 226. 



Aegialitis semipalmata. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 



