PliOVERS. 



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072. Charadrius dominictis MiiU. Amekk-an <i<>i.i>KN Tlovku; 

 Gkeknkack. Ad. in monmer. — I'pj/cr parts bluck, niMittcd uiid mur^fint-d 

 with Kolilf'i yellow ; tail browiiisli gray, iiulisuiiftly imrred with whitish; 

 Bid(!H of tiiu Idiast whit« ; rest of the under parts, iiieludiiig witles of tlie lieud. 

 hlack ; under wiiiir-eoverts ashy. Whiter plumule, — Upper partH and tail 

 fuseous, .si>otted or liarred witii wiiitish or yellow; under parts whitish, more 

 or less streaked or barred with brownish gray. J>., lO.')!*; W., TOO; Tar., 

 l-t;o ; B.. -ttO. 



Ji'diiark-!!. — Iinnittture birds are sometimes confuse., w ith those of the Hl/iek- 

 bellied Plover, but, aside from dilferenees of size and eolor, the absenee of the 

 fourth toe in tlie present species will always distin>;uish it. 



liamje. — Breeds in the arctic regions ; winters from Florida to Patagonia. 



Washington, rare and irregular T. \ . Long Island, T. V., very rare in 

 May; connnon from Aug. 15 to Nov. 10. 



/>>/<//», three to four, ochraeeou8-bufl or butfy wliite, heavily marked with 

 chocolate, P85 x l-'28. 



Golden Plovers frequent marshes, ^nndy hills, old fields, sand-flats 

 exposed by tlie falling tide, jtlowed fid ';■, and burned tracts which are 

 free of trees and bushes. When on t!;j ground they run rapidly and 

 gracefully, and after alighting soon scatter. All their movements are 

 quick, and after running a few yards they suddenly stop, hold their 

 head erect, and look about them. In feeding they seem to strike at 

 an object with a motion that reminds one of a Loon or Grebe begin- 

 ning to dive. 



When a flock is approaching decoys, every bird seems to be whis- 

 tling, uttering a note like coodle. roodle, coodlc Unlike the lilack- 

 bellied Plover, the yotmg birds are wary and more ditllcult to decoy 

 than the old ones. When driven from a favorite resting or feeding 

 ground they generally return in a short time. (Abridged from jMr. 

 George II. Mackay's account of the habits of this species in The Auk, 

 viii, 1891, j)p. 17-24.) 



Tlic EntopEAN Golden Pi-oveu (S71. Charailviun (ipHrarlus) occurs in 

 eastern Orcenland. It resembles our species, but lias the under wing-eoverts 

 white in.stend of gray. 



273. JEgiaJitifl VOCifiera (Li/m.). Kim.dekk. .4(/.— Forehead, a 

 spot behind the eyo, throat, an<l a ring around tlie neck, a band on the l>reast, 

 lower breast, and belly white; front of the crown, lores, a ring around the 

 neck, and a band on the breast black; crown and back grayish brown tipped 

 with rufous; rump and upper tail-coverts rufous; inner tail-featliers grayish 

 brown, outer ones becoming rufous and wliitc, all tipped with black and white. 

 L., 10-50; W., r.-50; Tar.. 1-35; B., -75. 



A'(f/(f/^.— North .Vmorica north to Newfoundland ami Manitol»a. breeding 

 througliout its range; winters fnmi the lower Mi.^.sissippi Valley and Vir- 

 ginia to northern Soutli America. 



