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plumage, were feeding in mixed flocks on the low knolls and around 

 the sloughs of the prairie that parallels the lake shore for a consider- 

 able distance at this point. These prairies are entirely uncultivated, 

 and the original prairie flora still persists. It astonished us greatly 

 to see the beach-loving Turnstones feeding on the closely-cropped 

 knolls fully a quarter of a mile from their usual habitat. 



Bartramian Sandpipers or Upland Plovers were also quite numer- 

 ous, a few of which were breeding. Their attractive calls, mixed with 



Fig. 78. — Beach frequented by Piping Plover, two miles south of Kenosha, Wis. 



The prairies where the Black-belHed Plover, Ruddy Turnstones and 



Red-backed Sandpipers congregate in spring 



parallel this beach. 



the mellow whistles of four varieties of true Plovers, filled the air with 

 wild melody. 



Returning on June 4th to get select specimens of the Black-bellied 

 Plovers and the Turnstones for a Museum group, it was found that 

 the bulk of them had left for their northern breeding grounds. About 

 forty of each kind remained, and the specimens obtained from these 

 stragglers were in mixed plumage, representing immature and non- 

 breeding examples. On June 10th, only one Black-bellied Plover 

 and two Turnstones remained. All the data on the shore birds fre- 



