114 GRAY PLOVER. 



In the winter, the forehead is white; the top of the head and upper parts are hair 

 brown, each feather having its margin spotted with gray and yellowish spots; upper 

 tail coverts, white. Tail, white, with brown bars; chin and throat, white; neck and ear 

 coverts, white, with a brown streak on each shaft. Breast and upper part of belly and 

 flanks, white, spotted with hair brown. Belly, thighs, and vent, white. 



The female is like the male. 



Weight, about seven ounces. 



The length is twelve inches. Expanse of wings, two feet. 



