RING PLOVER. 



.(Egialitis hiaticula. 



Char. Above, rich brown ; forehead and stripe behind the eyes 

 white ; crown, cheeks, and collar blaclt, — the collar widest on the breast ; 

 patch on wings white ; central tail-feathers brown, tipped with white ; 

 outer feathers mostly white; beneath, white ; bill yellow, tipped with 

 black. Length 7^ inches. 



Nest. A cavity among tlie pebbles of a sea-washed beach, sometimes 

 slightly lined with weeds, — occasionally the lining is of small stones about 

 the size of peas. 



Eggs. Usually 4; dull buff, marked with brownish black; 1.40 X 



T.OO. 



This European bird, known to many of the old country gunners 

 as the Ringed Dotterell, and closely allied to our well-known Semi- 

 palmated Plover, was found by Kumlien breeding in numbers on 

 the western shore of Cumberland Bay. The same observer reports 

 it cpmmpn al§o ^t Pisco Inland, Greenland, It is not kngwn tp 



