Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 



SECTION 2. Toes, four; bill, curved upward or nearly straight. 



Axillars, rufous; primaries, rufous, dotted with black. 



Limosa fedoa. 

 Marbled Godwit. 



See No. 122. 



Family CHARADRIIDtE. 



PLOVERS. 



Toes, three, no hind toe; bill, comparatively short and soft; front 

 of tarsus, with small rounded scales. 



The Plovers are a cosmopolitan family, numbering something less 

 than one hundred species, fifteen of which occur in North America, 

 including exotic stragglers. As a rule they have but three toes, al- 

 though two genera, Squatarola and Vanellus, have four. The tar- 

 sus is reticulate and the toes are partly webbed. 



Black-bellied Plover (Winter). Piping Plover. Semipalmated Plover. 



