34 FiKLi) Museum ok Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 



Plovers. 



Toes, three; front of tarsus with small rounded scales; bill, 

 short; some species have bill less than three-quarters inch long; none 

 have bill over two inches long. 



Family CHARADRIIDiE. Plovers. 

 See pages 92, iii. 



