250 AVES: LIMICOLA. — XXXVIII. 
785. 28. wilsonia (Ord). Wutson’s Plover. Brownish gray; 
forehead and lower parts white, a black band on breast and one on 
front of crown; 9 duller and rusty. L. 78, W.4}. B.4. Trop- 
ical shores, N. to N. Y. (To Alex. Wilson.) 
bb. Bill shorter than middle toe without claw. (Zgialitis.) 
, All toes distinctly webbed at base. 
786. 43. semipalmata Bonaparte. Rine-Neck PLover. 
Dark grayish brown; black bands broad. L.7. W. 5. B. 4. 
N. Am. 
cc. Inner toe not webbed at base. 
787. 2. meloda (Ord). Piring Prover. Very pale ashy 
brown, clear white below; dark bands narrow and faint; toes 
slightly webbed. L. 6%. W. 42. B. 4. E. N. Am., along the 
coast; represented in Miss. Valley by var. circumeincta Ridgway, 
with the black patches on sides of breast coalescent. 
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Famity CXLVIL APHRIZIDAG. (Tue Surr-zirps.) 
Toes 4, not webbed, the hinder short, well-developed; tarsus 
scutellate in front; legs rather long; wings long and pointed; tail 
short; bill rather short. Two genera, each with a species, found 
on most northern shores. (d¢pés, surf; (dw, I live.) 
u. Bill as long as tarsus, hard, sharp-pointed; tail rounded. ARENARIA, 402. 
402. ARENARIA Brisson. (Lat., relating to sand.) 
788. A. interpres (L.). Turnsronz. Variegated; black, 
white, and chestnut above, mostly white below; young without red- 
dish; feet orange; throat white. L. 83. W. 6. T. 2}. B. 4. 
Northern regions, generally common. (Ew.) (Lat., a go-between.) 
Famity CXLVIIIl. HASMATOPODIDA. (THE 
OysTER-CATCHERS.) 
Toes 3, webbed at base; tarsus reticulate ; legs stout, coarse and 
rough; wings long and pointed ; tail short. Bill hard, long, con- 
stricted near base, much compressed, truncate at tip, nearly straight, 
adapted for opening shells; nasal groove short; nostril linear. Size 
large; sexes similar. One genus, with 6 or 7 species; shore-birds 
found in most countries. 
403. HAMATOPUS Linneus. (aia, blood; mots, foot.) 
789. H. palliatus Temminck. OystTerR-Catcuer. Back dark 
slate; head and neck black; bill and legs red; tail coverts white. 
L. 18. W.10. T.4}. B. 3. American coasts. (Lat., wearing 
a cloak.) 
