4 CONTENTS. 



North American shorebirds — Continued. Page. 



Western willet 62 



Wandering tattler 63 



Ruff 64 



Upland plover 64 



Buff-breasted sandpiper 67 



Spotted sandpiper 69 



Long-billed curlew 71 



Hudsonian curlew 72 



Eskimo curlew ' 74 



European curlew 76 



Whimbrel 77 



Bristle-thighed curlew 77 



Lapwing 77 



Dotterel 77 



Black-bellied plover * 78 



European golden plover '. 79 



Golden plover 80 



Pacific golden plover 85 



Killdeer 85 



Santo Domingo killdeer 88 



Semipalmated plover 88 



Ringed plover 90 



Little ringed plover 90 



Piping plover 91 



Snowy plover , 92 



Mongolian plover 93 



Azara ring plover 93 



Wilson plover 93 



Rufous-naped plover 94 



Mountain plover 94 



Surf bird 95 



Turnstone 96 



Ruddy turnstone 97 



Black turnstone 98 



European oyster-catcher 99 



Oyster-catcher 99 



Frazar oyster-catcher 99 



Black oyster-catcher 100 



Stone curlew 100 



Mexican jacana 100 



Black jacana 100 



Colombian jacana 100 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Plate I. Yellow-legs ( Totanus flavipes) 56 



II. Upland plover (Bartramia longicauda) 64 



III. Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia) 68 



IV. Killdeer (Oxyechus vociferus) 84 



