174 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
brown, light dull buffy, pale grayish buff, or olive-buff, spotted, 
chiefly round larger end, with black, the larger of these spots often 
confluent. Hab. Breeding in Arctic America, east of coast of 
Bering’s Sea and Straits, migrating south, in winter, throughout 
nearly the whole of America (except Pacific coast?), as far as 
Patagonia... 272. C.dominicus MUtLy. American Golden Plover. 
e@. With shorter wings, relatively longer tarsi and toes, and decidedly 
more golden coloration, especially in immature and winter plu- 
mages; length 7.80-10.00, wing 6.10-6.80 (6.40), culmen .85-1.00 
(.92), tarsus 1.55-1.85 (1.72), middle toe .85-.95 (.90). Eggs 2.02 x 
1.30, similar in coloration to those of C. dominicus. Hab. Breeding 
in northern Asia, and Alaskan coasts of Bering’s Sea and Straits; in 
winter, south through India, China, etc., to Australia and Polynesia. 
272a. C. dominicus fulvus (GmeEL.). Pacifie Golden Plover. 
Genus ZZGIALITIS Bors. (Page 172, pl. LIL, figs. 3-5; pl. LITL, figs. 1-3.) 
Species. 
a. Tail at least half as long as the wing, extending half its length, or more, beyond 
tips of closed wings; graduated for more than length of inner toe, without 
claw; rump and upper tail-coverts ochraceous; chest crossed by two black 
bands. (Subgenus Oxyechus REICHENBACH.) 
Adult: Upper parts generally, except rump and upper tail-coverts, grayish 
brown; forehead, stripe over ear-coverts, chin, throat, collar round hind- 
neck, and lower parts, white; fore-part of crown, stripe across lores, 
collar completely encircling lower part of neck, and broad band across 
breast, black; tail chiefly pale ochraceous, varied with white, dusky, 
and grayish; bill black; eyelids bright orange-red in life. Young: 
Similar to adult, but feathers of upper parts more or less distinctly mar- 
gined with pale rusty or ochraceous. Downy young: Top of head and 
upper parts generally grayish brown, the two areas encircled with black, 
and separated by a white collar across nape; lower parts white, inter- 
rupted by a black collar completely encircling the lower neck, and 
forming a broad band across chest; a narrow line of black across lores ; 
sides and flanks light brownish buff; a broad bar of black along humeral 
region, and a narrow stripe of same along middle of rump; hand-wing, 
and hinder edge of arm-wing, white. Length 10.00-11.25, wing 6.20-6.75, 
tail 3.60-4.10, culmen .70-.90, tarsus 1.40-1.55. Hggs 147 x 1.04, pale 
dull buffy, thickly speckled and irregularly spotted with black. Hab. 
Whole of temperate North America, migrating in winter to West Indies, 
Middle America, and northern South America; Bermudas. 
273. A. vocifera (Linn.). Killdeer. 
a’, Tail less than half as ones as wing, reaching but little if any beyond tips of the 
latter when folded; even, or graduated for much less than length of middle 
toe, without claw; rump concolor with the back; chest crossed by only one 
band (black, grayish, or rufous), or none at all. 
