598 GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



female). Length, 11| inches; tail, 3 inches; bill, IJ inches; 

 tarsus, 2 inches. 



" Is seen inland in May, in quite large flocks. They remain 

 but a short while, however, and none are seen until August, when 

 with their young, they are moderately abundant. They prefer 

 high open lands, are very wild, and stay in flocks of twenty to 

 fifty. If undisturbed will frequent the same field during their 

 autumnal stay. A few are found on the river, with sandpipers."^ 



O. squatarola, L. {Squatarola, Cuv.), (helvetica, L.) Black-bellied 

 Plover. Ox-eye. 



A rudimentary hind toe ; most of lower parts black in summer, 

 white in winter ; under tail coverts, &c., and forehead white ; 

 upper parts spotted with dusky and white in summer, grayish in 

 winter. Length, 11| inches; tail, 3 inches; bill, 1|^ inches; 

 tarsus, 2 inches. 



"Arrives along the sea-board early in May, and remains but a 

 short time, but in August they return from the North with their 

 young, and are frequently abundant. They are mostly very 

 wild, and usually found in company with other birds. A strag- 

 gler is occasionally found high up our rivers." 



-ffiGIALITIS, Bole. 

 ^. vocifera, L. Killdeer. Plover. 



Bill black, rather long ; three toes with basal web ; plumage 

 brown ; rump orange brown ; tail with black, white and orange; 

 two black bars across breast and one above white forehead ; black 

 collar around neck; white collar around back-neck. Length, 

 9J inches ; tail, 3J inches. 



"Arrives early in March, appearing to accompany the ' snipe.' 

 Frequents meadows and river shore till May, when, after pair- 

 ing, they go upon the upland, and build or rather scratch a nest, 

 on the ground, in fields. Are sociable, noisy and strictly inof- 

 fensive. In August, again frequent the meadows and river 

 sl^ore." 



JEi. wilsonia, Ord. Wilson's Plover. 



Tail not projecting much, if any, beyond folded wings ; rump 

 same color as back, brownish gray ; only one band across chest 

 (black in male, brownish in female) ; forehead and lower parts 

 white. 



