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PR^COCIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOLE. 



juguluiu merely shaded with light grayish brown ; but coloration in this group is of little value 

 compared with deviations of structure, the species of JEgiaiitis being a case in point. 



Eudromias, the type of which is Chanidrius morindlus, Linn., difl'ers from Fodasocys in being of 

 much stouter build, the culnien shorter than the middle toe, the latter nearly half as long as the 

 tarsus, the web between the oirter and middle toe much larger, the tertials extending to the ends 

 of the primaries, etc. No American Plover is referable to Eudromias, as properly restricted. 



Fodasocys montanus. 



THE MOUNTAIN PLOVEK. 



Charadriiis vionlaniis, Towns. Joum. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. VII. 1S37, 192. — Aud. Orn. Biog. IV. 



1838, 362, pi. 350 ; Synop. 1839, 223 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 213, pi. 318. 

 JEginlitis montanus, Cassin, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 693. — B.a.ii!D, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 



505. 

 Fodasocys ■montanus, CoUEs, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1866, 96 ; Check List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 592. — 



Elliot, Illustr. Am. B. IL 1869, pi. 39. — Ridgw. Noni. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 523. 

 JEgialitis asiatkus, var. montanus, CouES, Key, 1872, 245 ; Check List, 1873, no. 402. 

 Eudromias montanus, CouES, Check List, 1873, App. p. 135, no. 402 ; Birds N. "W. 1874, 456. 



Hab. Western Province of North America ; accidental in Florida ; no extralimital record. 

 Sp. Char. Adult, breeding plumage: Wide fnmtal crescent, superciliary stripe, and entire 

 lower parts white, purest on the forehead, of a more or less soiled tint beneath, the juguluin 



Breeding i>lum.age. 



shaded with light grayish brown, most distinct laterally where insensibl}' merging into the color 

 of the upper parts. Fore part of the crown, and stripe from the rictus to the eye (across lores). 



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f^'m 



Winter plumage. 



black. Rest of upper parts, uniform light grayish brown, the remiges and tail dusky ; shafts of 

 primaries, white. Adult in spring : Similar to the above, but upper parts and jugiilum tinged with 

 light buffy ochraceous. Adult and young in winter : More strongly tinged with buff, both above 



