KEY TO THE BIRDS. 



C. SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BIKDS, WITH STOUT 

 BODIES, BULLET-SHAPED HEADS, ETC., SEEN IN 

 THE VICINITY OF BOTH SALT AND FRESH WATER. 



1. Shore birds of medium size, seen turning over stones on beaches as 



they feed. Above patched with black, white, red, brown, and 



gray, a calico pattern. Below white with black breast. Much 



white on wings and tail. Bill black, shorter than the head, 



and slightly recurved ; feet orange. 



Turnstone. See page 231. 



2. Above mottled with black, gray, and yellowish. Beneath mostly 



black. Bill long and black ; feet black. 



Black-bellied Plover. See page 232. 



3. Above mottled with black and greenish yellow ; whitish below. 



Axilliary feathers ashy brown. Bill and feet black. This 



Plover is subject to great variations of plumage. A popular 



game-bird. 



Golden Plover. See page 233. 



4. Gray -brown, washed with olive above ; rump variegated with all 



shades of orange and reddish brown. White frontlet, and red 



eyelids. Below white, collar and breastlet black. Bill black ; 



legs light. 



Killdeer Plover. See page 233. 



6. Bill, and half-webbed feet, yellow, bill having a black tip. An 

 orange ring around eye. Above ash-gray ; below white with a 

 black band across the breast. 



Semipalmated Plover. See page 234. 



6. Above light gray. Coloured eye ring ; bill yellow ; partial white 

 collar on back of neck, and a partial dark band on throat. 

 Below white. 



Piping Plover. See page 238. 



D. SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BIRDS OP BOGGY MEAD- 

 OWS, ETC., SLENDER BILLS, USUALLY MUCH 

 LONGER THAN THE HEAD. 



1. Eyes large, set in upper corner of head. Short, thick neck, and 

 compact body. Above variegated with brown, black, tawny, 

 and gray ; below brown, ranging from buff to tawny. Legs 

 very short. Bill longer than head, straight and stout. 



American Woodcock. See page 236. 



2. Straight greenish gray bill, two and a half inches long. Eyes 

 set far back as the last species. Above reddish and dark 

 brown, sides of head and neck buff. Dark, plain wings 

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