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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Bill, (naiijje :it l)asc, the tip, black; legs, oraiifre yellow: no black stripe from bill to eye; 

 black breast band, not confluent; two middle tail feathers, tipped with white. Eastern 

 species not found west of llocky Mountains. Aegialitis meloda. Piping Plover. 



See No. 228. 



r>ill. orange at base, the tip, black; legs, orange yellow; no black stripe from bill to eye; 

 breast band, continuous and not l)roken in the middle; two middle tail featheis, tipped with 

 white. Eastern species nut found west of IJocky Mountains. 



AeyiaUtis m-loda circumcincta. Belted Piping Plover. 



See No. 229. 



Snowy Plover. 



Aegialitiir nivosa. 



Bill, entirely black; legs, slate color; no black stripe from bill to eye ; two middle tail 

 feathers, not tipped with white; two outer tail feathers, white. Western species ranges 

 from Texas uud Kansas, west, to the Pacific Ocean. Accidental in Florida. 



Aegialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. 

 See No. 229a, 



* Group 3. Wing, 5.50 to 6.75 inches long; toes, three, 



no hind toe. 



Breast, with two l»lack bands; undcrparts, whitt- : rump and upper tail coverts, orange 

 brown. yE<ji<ilitis coci/cnt. Kiildeer Plover. 



See No. 225. 



No black band on breast; back, brownish gray; rump, not orange brown. AVestern 

 species of casual occurrence in Florida. ^Eyialitis muntana. Mountain Plover. 



See No. 231. 



* For directionB lor measurement, see page 9. 



