FAMILY CHARADRIID.E. 



TLOVEKS. 



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Bill, orange at base, the tip, blaek ; legs, orange yellow ; two middle tail feathers, tipped 

 with white; no black stripe from bill to eye;, black breast band not confluent. Species 

 not found west of the Rocky riountains. Aegialitis meUxla. Piping Plover. 



See No. 228. 



Bill, orange at base, the tip, black; lej;s, orange yellow; middle tail feathers, tipped with 

 white; no black stripe fioin bill to eye; a continuous black band on breast. Species not 

 found west of Rocky Hountains. 



AerjialiUs meloda circumciiicta. Belted Piping Plover. 



See No. 229. 



Bill, entirelj' black ; legs, slate color; two outer tail feathers, entirely 

 white; two middle feathers, not tipped with white; no black stripe from 

 bill to eye. Ranges from Texas and Kansas west to the I'aeific Ocean; 

 casual in Western Florida and Cuba ; not known to occur on the Atlantic 

 Coast. Aegialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. 



See No. 229a. 



Section 2. Bill, over .60 inch long. 



Aep;ia]itis iiivosa. 



Aegialitis wllsonia. 



A very small web between outer and middle toes; bill, large and thick; 

 a band of black (male) or browa (female) on breast. 



Aegialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover. 



See No. 230. 



* Group 2. Wing, 4.50 to 5.50 inches long; toes, three, 



no hind toe. 



Section 1. Bill, over .60 inch long. 



Bill, thick; shoulder (lesser and middle wing coverts), asliy gray; 

 legs, dull flesh color; a small web between toes. 



Aegialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover. "^ 



See No. 230. 



A egialitie wilsonia. 



Section 2. Bill, under ,60 inch long. 



Bill, orange at base, the tip, black; legs, dull flesh color; a black 

 stripe from bill passing under eye. 



Aegialitis semipalmala. Semipalmated Plover. Ring Neck. 



See No; 226. 



Aegialitis semipalmata. 



* For directions for meayiirenicnt, see page 9. 



