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THE lUltDS OF EASTKKN NORTH AJIEKICA. 



Plovers. 



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Bill, short; some species liuve ))ill less thuii three ((uarters inch long; none have bill over 

 two inches long. Family CHARADRIID/E. Plovers. 



See page 124. 



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Bill, over 2.50 inches long; head and neck, lilack or blackish; bill, red. 



Family H/EriATOPODID^. Oyster-catchers. 



See page l.SO. 



