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PR..ECOCIAL GKALLATORES — LIMICOLiB. 



leads them in search of food. They feed on earth-worms, skigs, and insects of 

 various kinds, in all their different stages, and, on account of their usefulness in the 

 destruction of insects, are frequently kept in gardens, where they become quite tame, 

 and are very interesting pets. 



In the autumn the Lapwings collect in flocks ; and from that time to the end of 

 the winter are excellent eating. 



This bird is recorded by Reinliardt as of occasional occurrence in Greenland, and 

 Dall and Bannister met with it in Alaska among the islands in Norton >Sound. 



Genus SQUATAROLA, (Juvier. 



Squatarola, Cuvier, Reg. Anim. 1. 1817 (type, Trinrja sqtiatarola, Linn.). 



Char. A rudimentary hind toe. Legs reticulated with elongated hexagons anteriorly, of 

 which there are five or si.\ iu a transverse row ; fewer behind. First primary longest. Tail 

 slightly rounded. 



& helvetica. 



Squatarola helvetica. 



THE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 



Trinya squatarola, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 149 ; ed. 12, 17(36, 252. 



Triiuja Jiclvelica, Linn. S. N. ed. 12, 1766, 250. 



Squatarola helvetica, Cuv. Ktg. Anim. 1817. — Brehm, Vog. DeutschL 1831, 554. —Cass, in 



Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 697. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 510. — Coues, Key, 1872, 



243; Check List, 1873, no. 395; 2d ed. 1882, no. 580; Birds N. W. 1874, 448. — Rmow. 



Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 513. 

 Charadrius Mvclicus, Licht. Verz. Doubl._ 1823, no. 728. — NrxT. M.m. II. 1834, 26. — ArD. Orn. 



Biog. IV. 1838, 280, pi. 334; Synop. 1839, 221 ; Birds Am. Y. 1842, 190, pi. 315. 

 Charadriits apricarius, W1L.SON, Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 41. 



Hab. Nearly cosmopolitan, lint cliiefly the northern hemisphere ; Iweedini,' in the extreme 

 northern parts of its range, migratino; in winter to southern regions, extending, in America, as far 

 as Brazil and New Granada. Bermudas, and throughout the West Indies. 



Sp. Char. Bill and legs strong ; wings long ; a very small rudimentary hind toe. Summer : 

 Around the base of the hill to the eyes, neck before and under parts of body, black ; upper parts 



