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95. Black-bellied Plover. — Charadrius squatarola. 



Upper parts black bordered with white ; tail white barred with 

 black ; sides of head, neck, and under parts black, except white lower 

 belly ; bill black ; legs and feet gray. Length, 11 in. ; wing, 7 J^ in. 



Hab. — Nearly cosmopolitan, but chiefly in the northern hemisphere ; 

 breeding far north, and migrating south in winter ; in America to the 

 West Indies, Brazil, and Colombia. 



A'bfe.— George H. Mackay (The Auk, Vol IX., p. 146) says: "The black- 

 bqllied plover is in a great degree a tide bird, seeking a large portion of its food 

 on those extensive sand flats left by the receding waters." And (p. 148) Mr. 

 Mackay says : " I judge they [the black-bellies] have never teen very abundant 

 in America. " I remain of the opinion, however, that the black-bellied plover 

 are certainly as abundant in some of the Western States as they are on the At- 

 lantic Coast, if not more so. Mr. A. Henry Higginson (Outing, December, 

 1903,^ p. 278) says: "On May 21st we were driving along near a 'coolie' 

 which ran in from Lac aux Morts [North Dakota] , when we saw what we took 

 to be a bunch of golden plover feeding near the water. My assistant went after 

 them while I sat in the wagon and held the horse. The plover saw him and 

 flushed before he got in range, flying directly over my wagon. I managed to 

 drop one, and when I went to pick it up I found that it was an old black-belly, 

 with a breast as black as jet and a very white back. On May 25th we went 

 down to Lake Irwin, about ten miles from our camp, after any shore birds that 

 might chance to be there. Lake Irwin has hard, sandy shores, an ideal place 

 for black-bellies, and we found the-m in abundance. We got a great series of 

 these birds, showing the variation in plumage, which is very great A few old 

 males seemed to like to stay alone, but most of them were in flocks of one hun- 

 dred or more" 



96. Pacific Golden Plover. — Charadrius dominicus fulvus. 



Very similar to No. 97, following. Length, io>4 in. ; wing, 6j^ in. 



Note. — " It is extremely difficult to distinguish the Pacific from the American 

 golden plover, the only difference being its smaller size and more golden 

 hue."— Elliot. 



Hab. — Breeding, from Northern Asia to the Pribelof Islands and 

 coast of Alaska and south in winter through China and India to Aus- 

 tralia and Polynesia. 



97. American Golden Plover. — Charadrius dominicus. 



Upper parts black, with golden dots, by which it is easily distin- 

 guished ; sides of breast white ; sides of head and under parts black. 

 Length, io>^ in. ; wing, 7 in. 



Hab. — Arctic America, except coast of Bering Sea, migrating south- 

 ward throughout North and South America to Patagonia. 



