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North American shorebirds — Continued. Page. 



Western willet ; ■ - ■ 62 



Wandering tattler j. .X.''. 63 



Ruff 64 



Upland plover 64 



Buff-breasted sandpiper -~ 67 



Spotted sandpiper 69 



Long-billed curlew 71 



Hudsonian curlew 72 



Eskimo curlew -. '74 



European curlew 76 



Whimbrel 77 



Bristle-thighed curlew 77 



Lapwing 77 



Dotterel 77 



Black-bellied plover '. 78 



European golden plover 79 



Golden plover 80 



Pacific golden plover 85 



Killdeer 85 



Santo Domingo killdeer 88 



Semipalmated plover 88 



Ringed plover , 90 



Little ringed plover .• . 90., 



Piping plover 91 



Snowy plover 92 



Mongolian plover 1 93 



Azara ring plover 93 



Wilson plover 93 



Rufous-naped plover 94 



Mountain plover 94 



Surf bird 95 



Turnstone: 96 



Ruddy tumstone ~. 97 



Black tumstone 98 



European oyster-catcher ., 99 



Oyster-catcher 99 



Frazar oyster-catcher 99 



Black oyster-catcher 100 



Stone curlew 100 



Mexican jacana 100 



Black jacana 100 



Colombian jacana 100 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Plate I. Yellow-legs ( Totanus flavipes) 56 



II. Upland plover (Bartramia Icmgicauda) 64 



III. Spotted sandpiper {Actitis maaidaria) 68 



IV. Killdeer (Oxyechus vodferus) 84 



