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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTEUN NORTH AMERICA. 



* Group 4. Wing, over 6.75 inches long. 

 Section 1. Toes, three. 



r.lack axillars of IJUnk lu'lliuil Plover. 



Grav axillars of Golilen Plover. 



Axilhirs, i!:r:iy; rumii. not ()rau2;e hrowti. 



C'linradrhia (lij)iiinirnK. Golden Plover. 

 See No. 22i. 



Charaflriu'- iloniinicus. 



Axillaris, smoky black; niiiip and uppiT tail coverts, not (»ranj^c hiowii. 



Charadriits sijii((laroJ((. Black=bellied Plover. 

 Sec No. 22-2. 



This fsnecies lias four tooi< (the hiiul toe l)ein<j so small that it often escapes notice', and i)roi)eily Ijeloiijis in 

 Group .5, Section 8, l)ut owinj; to the fact that it is consUmtly looked for among the three-toed species it is included 

 in lioth sections. 



IvUiiip, oranijc brown; undci-parts. white, with two black bands on tho breast; axillars. 

 pure white. ^gialitis vocifera. Kllldeer Plover. 



Se(> No. 225. 



No black bands on br(!ust; shalt of first primary, white ; l)ack, brownisii gray ; uxiilais. 

 white. A Western species of casual occurrence in Florida; not recorded elsewhere on 

 Atlantic coast. ^J-Jrjialitis niiDiiinia. Mountain Plover. 



See No. 2:^1. 



Section 2. Toes, four. 



Axillars, smoky black; tarsus, over 1.70; hind toe, very small. 



Charadrius siiiuiUirnhi. Black=bellied Plover. 

 See No. 222. 



* For directions for incasnrcnieiit, see page !). 



