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98. Snowy Plover. — ^gialites nivosa. 



Forehead and under parts white ; band across crown, and broad 

 patch on either side of breast black ; bill black. Length, 6X in. ; wing, 

 4Xin. 



//iz^.— Western United States, from California east to Kansas 

 and Western Gulf States ; in winter both coasts of Central America 

 and Western South America to Chili ; Western Cuba. 



99. Wilson's Plover. — ^gialites wilsonia. 



Lores, front of crown, and band on breast black ; rest of under parts 

 and forehead white ; back brownish gray. Length, 7^ in. ; wing, 



Hab. — Coasts of North and South America from Long Island and 

 Lower California southward. Casual to Nova Scotia. 



100. Surf-bird. — Aphriza virgata. 



Head, neck, and breast mottled with black and white ; white bar 

 on wing ; white rump ; bill black ; legs and feet yellow. Length, 10 

 in. ; wing, 7 in. 



Hab. — Pacific Coast of America from Alaska to Chili. 



101. Black Turnstone. — Arenaria melanocephala. 



Head, neck, and back brownish black ; spot in front of and be- 

 hind the eye white ; throat and chest blackish brown ; under parts 

 white ; bill black ; legs and feet greenish yellow. Length, 9 in. ; 

 wing, 6 in. 



Hab. — Pacific Coast of North America from Point Barrow, Alaska, 

 to Santa Margarita Island, Lower California; breeding from Alaska 

 south to British Columbia. 



102. Mountain Plover. — ^gialites montana. 



Forehead and stripe over eye white ; stripe from bill to eye black ; 

 upper parts grayish brown ; under parts dull white ; bill black ; feet 

 and legs orange. Length, 8^ in. ; wing, 6 in. 



Hab. — Chiefly the Plains from Central Kansas to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains ; north to the British boundary from Kansas ; westward, espe- 

 cially in winter, to Central and Southern California. Accidental in 

 Florida. 



103. Turnstone. — Arenaria interpres. 



Top of head, back of neck, chin and throat, and upper back to 

 sides of breast white, streaked on crown with black ; head marked 



