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RUDDY PLOVER. 



belly and vent pure white; wing quills black, crossed with a band 

 of white; lesser coverts whitish, centered with pale olive, the first 

 two or three rows black; two middle tail feathers black; the rest 

 pale cinereous, edged with white; legs and feet black; toes border- 

 ed with a very narrow membrane. On dissection both males and 

 females varied in their colors and markings. 



