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Hr. Chah. Abuut the tUu uf .-E. ttmtpulmata ; bill nhurt, «ln)ii((. .Ii/h/( malt: Fun.Lvu<l 

 riii){ iirouii>l tlu' IhicW uI' thu iiuck, uiul tiiliiL' uiulir |iui'In, whiU' ; u l>uiiil uf l<lat k in front ulxivu 

 till' liiinil i>f white ; Imnil cnciivlin;^ the ntrk licl'uru und liehiiid, lint UHnalJy iMtciiiiiitcil in th(> 

 nndillu uf tht! liivuiit, liluck, ininiuiliutt'ly ln:lii» tiic lin^ uf Mhiti' un thu neck lichiuU. lluul iiIm)vu 



,K. meluda. 



luul upper parts oflxxly li>{ht liniwninh rint'ivou" ; rump and upper tiul-covcrtH li;,'hti'r, and id'tcn 

 neuily whitu ; ipiills dark brown, with ii lar;{(' portion of their inner welm and Hhufts white ; shorter 

 priniariei< with a larj^e ]ioilioii of their outer welw white ; tail at ba.w white, and with the outer 

 feathers white ; middle feathers w ith a wide Hub-terniinal baiul of brownish black, and tipped with 

 white. Ilill oran^,'e at baxe, tipped with black ; ie),'Hoian^'e yellow, t'l mnk : SimiLir to tlie nnilf, 

 but with the dark colors lighter and les.-i in e.vteiit. Vtiunij : No black bund in front ; collar 

 arouml the back of the neck asjiy brown. 



Total len},'lh, about 7 inches ; win;,', 4..'')0 ; tail, 2 indies. 



Atide from thu ;{eo;.'raphicul variations noted <in p. I.')2, the individual <liscrepancies in the 

 pliuua;,'u uf this species ure <iuite considerable, involving chiefly the e.\teut and intensity uf the 



j£. mtluda circumcincta. 



black areas. It i» quite the rule umnn^ s)iecimens from the Atlantic States for the pectorul bund 

 to be either decidedly narrower centmlly, or alto;,'ether interru])ted in the middle of thu breast ; 

 while in examples from the interior States, especially from the Missouri River region, the pectoral 

 baud is, in u large mujurity of sjjecimens, alisolutely continuous, uiid nearly ur quite as wide as in 

 A!, itmipalmata. . . 



Tho conunon Pi|)ing Plovor of the Middle and New England States exhibits but 

 very few peeuliarities of habits and luainiers differing from the rest of tliis gronp. 

 It is. if anything, a little more shy and distrustful of man, and is less readily 



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