KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 297 
Hematopus palliatus. 
This species occurs on the seacoast of temperate and tropical America, 
frequenting the beaches, where it is often met with in pairs or small flocks. 
It occasionally occurs as far North as New Jersey. Stragglers have been 
taken near Grand Menan, Maine, and on the coast of Massachusetts. It is 
a common species in Florida, where it breeds. The eggs are pale brownish 
white spotted with chocolate brown. 
