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PR.ECOCIAL GRALLATUUKS — LIMICOLJI. 



iiorrow, till' bmiwt by a biomk-r, biiiul <•!' blmk (or timvish in yoiinn "'"' winter dress). 

 In Hiimmer, liuml acros-i I'oiv i>arl of crown, auriculars, narrow Jugular band, and broad 

 peL-tural zoni- black ; jiik-iun and naiM.- usually rufoint, niuru or K-ss niixeil with brown- 

 ish f^ray centrally (.lonictinii-s almost wholly yrayish, like buck). In winter, iiiluuni and 

 na|iu brownish '^vny, iikt- tlu' back, and all the black markings replaced by grayish. 

 Wing, 4."5-."i.(Mi; cuhiun, .(('i-.'."* ; tlepth ol bill at Iwwj, .18-.S{(i; tarsus, 1,25; middle 

 toe, .7<>-.7'). //ill). Southern South America. 

 9. JB. mongolioa. In imninin-, whole breast and nnjio dear cinnamon-rufous, and top of 

 head tinged with the same; lores, sub-orl)ital region, and auriculars black, the former bor- 

 dered above by a white line, sometimes meeting over the forehead ; chin, throat, fore- 

 neck, belly, and crissum jiure white ; ui>i)er i)arts brownish gray. In winter, the rufoua 

 entirely absent ; foreheatl and lower parts white, the breast crossed by a faint grayish 

 brown liar, darkening into a dusky patch on each side ; auriculars and loral streak 

 somewhat dusky. Wing, 5. 15-.'). 40. Ilalj. Asia in general, breeding northward j Choris 

 Peninsula, Aliuska. 



JBgialitiB semipalmata. 



THE BEMIFALMATEO BIITO FLOVEB. 



Tringa hiaticula, Wilson, Ami. Oni. VII. 1S13, 65, pi. 51», f. 3 (ucc Linn). 



Charailrins hiatictdn, Oun, cd. Wils. VI!. Cit. 



Charmlrius Sfinipnliniilus, Bona I'. Coiiip. List, 1838, 45. 



^IfinUtcsscmipiilhiiiln.s, Cahan. .1. f. U. LH5li, 4-.>5. — Cassin, in Bnird's B. N. Am. 1858, CDl — 



Baiiu), Cut. N. Am. 15. 18uil, n... :,07. — CoiEs, Key, 1872, 244 ; Chuck List, 1873, no. SDl* ; 



ad ed. 1882, N'o. 58(1. — Kiuow. Xoni. X. Am. B. 1881, no. 517. 

 Chnriidriua breviroslris, M\\. Beitr. IV. 70U (Brazil). 



Had. North America in genenil, breeding in the Arctic and Sub-arctic districts, migrating 

 south in winter throughout the tropical regions, as far as Brazil luid Peru. Bermudas ; whole of 

 West Indies ; Galapagos, 



Sp. Char. Small ; wings long, toes connected at base, esjxscially the outer to the middle toe. 

 Front, throat, ring around the neck, and entire under parts, white; a band of deep black across 

 the breast, extending around the back of the neck lielow the white ring, liand from the base of 

 the bill, under the eye, and wide frontal band above the white band, black. Upper parts usliy 

 brown ; quills brownish black, with their shafts white in a middle portion, and occa.sionally a lan- 

 ceolate white spot along the .shafts of the shorter jU'lmaries ; shorter tertiaries edged with white ; 

 greater coverts tipped with white. Middle feathers of the tail ashy brown, with a wiile cubter- 

 minal band of brownish black, and narrowly tipiied with white ; two outer tail-feathers white, 

 others intermediate, like the ndddle, but widely tipped with white. Bill orange-yellow at base, 

 black terminally; legs pale flesh-color. /"Vnui/i similar, but rather lighter cidored. Young with 

 the black replaced by ashy brown, the feathers of the upper parts bordered with paler. Downy 

 young: Above, pale grayish brown, mottled with black: a frontal crescent, broad nuchal collar, 

 and entire lower parts white. 



Total length, about 7 inches ; wing, 4.75; tail, 2,25 inches. 



The " Ring Plover " of America is coniraon to the whole of North America, not 

 even exonptinj,' its more northern portions. It is apparently as abundant on the 

 shores of the Pacific as of the Atlantic, and during,' its migrations is common on 

 the margins of the lakes, rivers, tind ponds of the interior. It probably breeds in 

 the more northern jmrtions of the United States ; but, so far as we are aware, its 

 nest has never Ijeen taken within (uir limits. A few pass the summer on the shores 

 of Lake Koskonong, in Wisconsin, but they are not known to breed there. Audubon 

 is mistaken in saying that they confine them.selves in the spring to the sandy beaclies 

 of our searcoasts. They are <|uite as numerous, and perliaps more so, about the 

 collections of fresh water, in the interior, wherever they can find suitable food. 



