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90. Solitary Sandpiper. — Totanus solitarius. 



Upper parts olive brown ; back spotted with white ; breast streaked 

 with black ; in winter upper parts grayish brown ; belly white ; bill 

 greenish brown ; legs and feet olive green. Length, iyi. in. ; wing, 

 SX in. 



Hab. — North America, breeding occasionally in the Northern 

 United States, more commonly northward, and migrating southward 

 as far as the Argentine Republic and Peru. 



91. Wandering Tattler. — Hettraclitis incanus. 



Head, neck, and upper parts dark gray ; throat white spotted with 

 gray ; under parts white barred with gray ; bill black ; feet and legs 

 greenish yellow. Length, 8 in. ; wing, Sy^ in. 



Hab. — Pacific Coast of America, from Norton Sound, Alaska, to 

 Galapagos, and west to Kamchatka and Hawaiian Islands ; also the 

 Eastern group of Polynesia. 



92. Belted Piping Plover. — Aigialites meloda circumcincta. 



Upper parts gray ; forehead and under parts white ; black band on 

 breast and black band on forehead. Similar to No. 93. 



Hab. — Mississippi Valley, breeding from Northern Illinois north to 

 Lake Winnipeg; more or less frequent eastward to the Atlantic 

 Coast. 



93. Piping Plover. — ^gialites meloda. 



Upper parts pale green ; forehead and under parts white ; ring 

 around neck white ; band on either side of breast, black ; band on 

 forehead black ; bill orange, tip black ; legs and feet orange. Length, 

 7 in. ; wing, 4^ in. 



Hab. — Eastern North America, breeding from the coast of Vir- 

 ginia northward to Newfoundland ; in winter. West Indies. 



94. Semipalmated Plover. — jSgialiUs semipalmata. 

 Ring-neck Plover. 



Under parts and ring around neck white, except band on the breast 

 encircling neck black ; back brownish gray ; spot under eye white ; 

 bill yellow, black tip ; legs and feet flesh color. Length, 6^ in. ; 

 wing, 4^ in. 



Hab. — Arctic and Subarctic America, migrating south throughout 

 tropical America, as far as Brazil, Peru, and the Galapagos. 



