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PLOVERS. 



II. 



6». Bill over ■5i\ 

 h'*. A l)liick or hrownish Imi.d on the hreost . 280. Wilson's Plover. 

 bi*. No band on the brea.st; Imek j,'ruyish brown, inur^fined with rufous. 



2bl. Mountain I'lovek. 

 c«. Bill under -.50. 

 t*. A Iduck line from tlie eye to the bill. 



274. Skmipalmatek Plover. 

 L*. No line from the eye to the bill. 



277. Pii'iNo I'lovek. 277«. Bklted Pumno Plover. 

 Toes four 270. BLA<:K-nELLiEu Plover. 



The Lapwing {209. Vanellus vaneUus) is an Old-World species of acci- 

 dental occurrence in America. The only record lor eastern North America 

 south of (Ireenland is based on a specimen shot ut Merrick, L. I., in Decem- 

 ber, 18S3 (Dutcher, Auk, iii, 186(J, p. 438). 



S70. Charadrius squatarola {Linn.). Black-bellieu Plovkr; 



Beetle-head, (isee Fig. 26, c, 26, d.) Ad. in nummer.^U i^yvr jiarts black, 

 bordered with white ; tail wliite, barred with black ; bat<al half of the inner 

 web of the primaries wliite; sides of the head and neck and entire under parts, 

 except the white lower belly and under tail-eoverts, black. Jin. — Upper parts 

 black, the head and neck streaked, the l)ack spotted with bully yellow ; tail 

 und wings as in the adult; under i)arts white, the breast and sides streaked 

 with browni.sli gray. Winter pJnmaffc — Similar to tlie preceding, but upper 

 parts brownish gray, liglitly margined with whitish. L., ll-Oo; W., ^■'}0\ 

 Tar., l-OO; B., MO. 



It'i/norti.'-Tho. rounded scales on the front of the tarsus and the presence 

 of a fourth, although very small, toe distinguish this bird. 



/iV/«f/<'. -Nearly cosiiiopulitan : breeds in the arctic regions, and in .\mer- 

 icn winters from Florida to Brazil. 



Long Island, common T. \'., May .'> to ,Tune .1; Aug. 1 to Oct. 15. Sing 

 Sing, A. V. 



Ftftjfi, three to four, liirht buffy olive, spotted and speckled with dark 

 brown and brownish black or deep Idack, 2-04 x 1'4.'? (Ridgw.). 



The followinjj notes iirc abridged from ^Ir. Maekay's extended ac- 

 count of the habits of this species (Auk, ix. 1802, pp. 143-ir)2). They 

 are in a fjreat degree tide birds, and seek a hirge part of tlieir food on 

 sand-flats left by the receding water. As the tide rises they resfirt to 

 adjoining inarslies or uplands, beaches, or the exposed crests of sand- 

 bars. In migrating they fly in lines and also in ranks, like Ducks and 

 Geeso. When on the ground they usually run very fast for four or five 

 yards, then stop, elevate the head, and look around. They strike at 

 the object they are going to pick up and eat with a very quick motion. 

 They have two calls : one of .several notes, with the accent on the sec- 

 ond one, is mellow, clear, and far reaching; the other is low, and is 

 uttered when they are at ease and contented. 



