Synopsis of Orders and Families. 



BLACK-CELLIED PLOVER. 

 Family 27. PLOVERS. CharadriiD/€. 



Toes usually three, or when four, the fourth rudimentaryjtarsus with rounded scaleir 

 till, as compared with that nf Snipe, short and stout. 



TURNSTONE. 



Family zS. SURF BIRDS AND TURNSTONfiS. . APHRIzrDiE. 

 Toes four, tarsus with transverse scales; bill siiort, rather hard. 



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