SYNOPSIS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. 
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 
Family 27, PLOVERS, CHARADRIDA. | 
__ Toes usually three, or when four, the fourth rudimentary; tarsus with rounded scales; 
bill, as compared with that of Snipe, short and stout. 
TURNSTONE. 
Family 28. SURF BIRDSAND TURNSTONES.. APHRIZIDA. 
Toes four, tarsus with transverse scales; bill short, rather hard. 
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