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I'U.KCCJCIAL <i|{AI,l,AT«)l{i:s - MMIfM-.l-;. 



leads tht'iii in Mciircli of t'ootl. Tlii'.v tt't'd on cartli-woniis, hIu^m, iiiul iiisi'ctH of 

 viirious kinds, in all tlicir (lilTcrcnl siaK<'^<. and, on accuunt of tlit'ir u.sidnlnes.s in tlic 

 dt'Mtrurtion of in.si'cts, art' frt'<iuiiitl) i<«'i»t in gunU-ns, wIu-it tin-)' btrunK' ^uite tunii', 

 and urn vuiy iutcn-Mtint,' |icts. 



In till' antnnm the La|i\vinj,'s colliM't in Hocks; and from that time to the end of 

 the winU'r art- fxicllcnt eating. 



This liird is rt'cordcd 1>} Kt'inhardt as of oci-asional occurrence in Greenland, and 

 Dall and ISaunistcr met with it in Alaska amonK tin- islandH in Norton Sound. 



Gkni'h SQUATAROLA, Civikk. 



Sqitalarola, Cvviv.w, Hi'g. Aiiiiii. I. 1S17 (typr, Tiiiiijn siiiwfdnilfi, Linn.), 



Chak. a nulimentary himl toe. Let;*' roticulntiMl with I'lnnj-mleil hcxiiKoiis anteriorly, of 

 which tlu'ic me ftve or »h in u tnuisvi-iw row; fuwiT I'chiiicl. Firnt priniury lonjjcst. Tail 

 Blit,'hlly rounded. 



iS. helvetica. 



I. 



Squatarola helvetica. 



THE BLACK-BELLIED FLOVEB. 



Tringa squatarola, Linn. S. N. cd. 10, 1758, 149 ; cd. 12, 1766, 2.'>2. 



Tringn liclvetiat, I.inn. S. N. imI. 12, 1766, 250. 



Sqimtarola Iwlvetim, Cuv. lifcg. Auiiii. 1817. — BiiEiiM, Viig. Deutschl. 1831, 554. —Cass, in 



Bainl'sB. N. Am. 1858, 697. — nAinn, fat. N. Am. B. IS.W, no. 510. — C'ouF.s, Key, 1872, 



243 J Check List, 1873, no. 395 ; 2(1 cd. 1882, no. 580 ; Binls N. W. 1874, 448. — Ridow. 



Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 513. 

 Charadriua hclvcticm, Liciir. Vcrz. DonW. 1823, no. 728. — NrxT. Man. II. 1834, 26. — AuD. Orn. 



Biog. IV. 1838, 280, pi. 334; Synop. 1839, 221 ; Birds Am. V. 1842, 199, pi. 315. 

 Charadrius apricariiis, Wilson, Am. Orn. Vil. 1813, 41. 



Had. Nearly cosmopolitan, hut chiefly the northern hemisphere ; hreedinj? in the extreme 

 northern parts of its range, migrating,' in winter to southern regions, extending, in Americn, as far 

 as Brazil and New Granada. Bermudas, and throughout the West Indies. 



Sp. Char. Bill and legs strong ; wings long ; a very small rudimentary hind toe. Summer : 

 Around the hase of the hill to the eyes, neck before and under parts of body, black ; upper parts 



