

100 



IMl.KCUCIAL G/lALLAToUES— LIM1COL.E. 



.^ijialiUn minor, llAliTINd, P. Z. S. li>7>, 117 uVliuku 0. 



Chiirtiilritm iiiliriiiiilniM, Mt.si.Hi. <'at«l. SJ. 



I<%$riiili-iiiii iiiiuitiiii, Sw viNH. It. \\ . Air. I!. 'IXi, \>\. •.'.'>. 



.Kijiiil il 1.1 microrliiiiii/iiis, Kiimiw. Aim. Nat. VIII. Krli. l«71, \W (winter pluiimKi' ; "Sail Kmiiclsro, 



Cal."). 

 Th, Link lliiigal I'hvr, Yauii. Hiit. II. nl. •.', II. p. 47:i, lix. i«l. a, II. p. &M1.', (ix. 



Haii. Till' I'ahi'iii'i'tir iit'^iiiii ill ).'i'iu'i'iil ; WcKlrrii At'iiiii ; accidi'iitul on riHwt of C'ulir(>riiia(f) 

 iiiitl 111 Alankii {!). CI. IJAUTi.Nti, I*. Z. S. IhTI, p. 117. 



.S|>. CiiAU. Ailiill 9 : liOi'i'H, aiiiii iiliti'K, anilU'iicuth tin- I'Vi-, iliixkv lirowii, ur iliill liluckiMh, 

 tlii.-« I'lilor I'l'os.'iiii;^ till' uiili'iiiii' part i>l tiir loivlirail at tlic Imm' oI' tlir liill ; a lii'oail liaml nl' Mack 

 fallout .41) III' an iiuli widi') rriM.xiii;; tin- aiiti'iior (nut ol' llic crown, Iroiii i-yi' to t-yt-, ami sciiaratcil 

 IVoni till' lilack I'mntli't \<y a Ixinil of wiiiti- almtit .l.'i of an inch wiiK- ; Iti'jiiiiil tliis Mack vertical 

 liaml a narniw mii! ol' a.^liy wliiti', cuntiiiui'il liack almvi- tlii' r\vn ami anriciilars to tlic occiput ; 

 ciiin, throat, malar ri'^'ion, ainl clu-i'k'*, pui'i* whit*', conlliu'iit witli a Inoail ami very ili^linctly 

 ili'tiiiL'tl wliiti! nuchal colla.' ; a Mack collar cmnpli'tcly fiicirclin^ the neck, iinniciliatt'ly lit'low the 

 white of the throat ami nape ; reiiiainiii^' iimler part^, iiicluilin^' umler Mirlace of the win^, entirely 

 pure white. Tpin-r part.'<, iiiclinlin^ the occiput ami posterior part of the crown, lirowiii.ili ;,'ray, 

 li;,'liter un the runipaml eentnil upper tail-cuvertn ; kIiU-s of the rump ami Literal upper tail-coverti<, 

 Hhaft of the outer primary, terininal inar>;iii4 of the M'conilarie.", outer wi-Im of two outer tail- 

 feathers, with ends of all e.scept the middle ]iair, white ; inner weli of outer tail-feather white, 

 with a dusky siili-terniinal spot. Hill small and Hlender, entirely Mack, e.xcept at the ham' of the 

 niamlilile ; iris dark limwii ; le;,'s and feet pale-colored, the latter with a small weli coiineciinj,' 

 the outer and iiiiddle toes at the liase, the inner and middle toes entirely .M'parated. Will},', 4..'>i) ; 

 culiiit'ii, ..')() ; tarsus, I.iki ; midille toe, Xi^t (No. .■)(lH7(i, Kiirope ; Schliillcr Coll.). 



I'oiui;/ (((«(/ iriiilir luliill.'): Similar to the same staj,'e nf .K. m iiiljidlninld, Imt cheeks white 

 Up to the eye, white of the forehead miii'li less distinctly dellned, and ;,'radin>{ inseiisiMy into the 

 j,'ray of the crown ; two outer tail-feathers white, the inner welis with a dusky transverse spot near 

 till! end. Koriii niuidi more slender than -/i. miniiiuliiintit, the hill especially, which is also of 

 entirely ililfeient foiiii. Wiii};, 4.;W ; tail, :J.50 ; culmeii, ..')(>; >{reatest depth of hill, .10; tarsus, 

 I.IM) ; middle toe, .(!."). (Tyiie of ./•.'. " miVmWi///i(7iiw, UiimiWAY,'' No. :)!I*>23, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; 

 "Sau Fraiiclxco, L'ul. ; E. 1"". Luuyii.N. ") 



;ir 

 III 



i" 

 Ic; 

 «l 

 lill 

 an 



2]gialitis meloda. 



a. \'ai . meloda. THE COMMON PIPING PLOVEB. 



" Cluimilrius hiaticulii, var.," \Vii.niin, Am. Orii. V. 181".', 30, ]il. 'Al, f. 2. 



Cliuriidi-iun imilmliis, {)VAi. ill. Wils. VII. 1.S24, 71.— BoVAi'. Am. Oin. IV. 1832, 74, pi. 24. - 



Ni-rr. Man. 11. 1834, 18. — Am. Orn. IJiog. 111. 183.^ 1.14 ; V. 1831), 578, pi. 22o ; B. Am. 



V. 1842, 223, pi. 321. 

 Altjidlili.iVK/iMlim, HoXAl'. t'oiiip. List, 18.'}8, 4.1. — ( '.v.ssix. in llaird's H. \. Am. \SM, MKi. ~ 



llAiisK, Cliit. X. Am. B. IS-Mt, no. .los. — (oiks. Key. 1872, 214 ; Cluck l.iHt, 1873, no. 4(iu ; 



2il I'll. 1882, no. 587. — UiiiiiW. Xom. X. Am. U. 1881, no. .V2i). 

 CJuiradriux Okcui, Waiii.. Syst. .Vv. 1>''.27. 



h. Var. oiroumcinota. THE BINOEO PIPING PLOVBB. 



^■Egiitlitis melodiin, var. ciirumi-im-lint, liinow. Am. Nat. VIII. 1874, 101). 



^tjiiililismcMii, var. cireumdnctii, C'ouk.'*, Check Liot, App. p. 133, no. 400<j ; Binl.s X. W. 1874, 



455. 

 ^(jitiliku mrtodiMeirciimeinctits', Ihvr.w. Xom. X. Am. B. 1881, no. .V.'Oo. — CorK.s, Check List, 



2il ud. 1882, no. 588. 



Had. Thu Eastarn Province of North America, hreeilinn '" the northurn jMirtion of its rani,'e 

 (Ikitish Provinces and nioi-e Northeni Unitwl States), oml wiiiteriuf; southward. I5eriimilax ; Ualia- 

 uias ; Cuba ; Janiaicn. The var. circumcinda chietly itatrictud to the Misttouri River ri'nioii. 



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