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mata, but adult with black or grayish brown 

 band across chest much broader.) Downy 

 young: "Forehead white; crown grayish 

 brown, mottled with light stone-gray; from 

 the base of the bill around the nape a black 

 band passes, and is broadest on the nape ; a 

 broad collar round the neck and the under- 

 parts pure white ; back and upper parts gen- 

 erally grayish stone-brown, finely mottled 

 with dirty white and blackish brown." 

 (Dresser.) Length about 7.50, wing about 

 5.00, culmen .50-.55, tarsus 1.00, middle toe 

 .60-.65. Eggs 1.40 X LOO, similar in colora- 

 tion to those of JE. semipalmata. Sab. 

 Northern portions of eastern hemisphere, 

 and eastern portions of Arctic America. 

 275. M. hiaticula (Linn.). Ring Plover. 

 h 1 . Bill slender, entirely black; a whitish bar im- 

 mediately behind black patch on fore-part of 

 crown. (Otherwise much like 2E. hiaticula, 

 but much smaller.) Length about 6.00, wing 

 4.35-4.70, culmen .50-.52, tarsus 1.00-1.05, 

 middle toe .55-.60. Sab. Northern portions 

 of eastern hemisphere, including western 

 Africa; accidental in California (?) and 



Alaska (?) , 276. M. dubia (Scop.). 



Little King Plover. 

 g 1 . Upper parts pale brownish gray. 



Summer adult: Forehead, lores, collar round 

 hind-neck, and lower parts pure white; patch 

 on fore-part of crown, and one across each 

 side of chest (the two sometimes connected 

 on middle of chest), black (duller or more 

 grayish in female). Winter plumage : Similar 

 to summer adult, but black or dusky replaced 

 by light brownish gray. Young : Similar to 

 winter plumage, but feathers of upper parts 

 distinctly bordered terminally with pale buff 

 or whitish. Length 6.25-7.50, wing 4.50^.80, 

 culmen .45-.50, depth of bill at base .20-.22, 

 tarsus .85-1.00, middle toe .55. 

 h 1 . Black patches on sides of chest wholly sepa- 

 rated or very imperfectly connected. Eggs 

 1.27 X -96, pale buffy rather sparingly 

 speckled with black and purplish gray. 



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