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ITLECOCIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOLiE. 
leads them in search of food. They feed on earth-rvorms, slugs, and insects of 
various kinds, in all their different stages, and, on account of their usefulness in the 
destruction of insects, are frequently kept in gardens, where they become quite tame, 
and are very interesting pets. 
In the autumn the Lapwings collect in flocks ; and from that time to the end of 
the winter are excellent eating. 
This bird is recorded by Reinhardt as of occasional occurrence in Greenland, and 
Dali and Bannister met with it in Alaska among the islands in Norton Sound. 
Genus SQUATAROLA, Cuvier. 
Squatarola, Cuvier, Reg. Anim. I. 1817 (type, Tringa squatarola, Linn.). 
Char. A rudimentary hind toe. Legs reticulated with elongated hexagons anteriorly, of 
which there are five or six in a transverse row ; fewer behind. First primary longest. Tail 
slightly rounded. 
S. helvetica. 
Squatarola helvetica. 
THE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. 
Tringa squatarola, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 149 ; ed. 12, 1766, 252. 
Tringa helvetica, Linn. S. N. ed. 12, 1766, 250. 
Squatarola helvetica, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1817. — Brehji, Vbg. Deutschl. 1831, 554. — Cass, in 
Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 697. — Baird, Cat. 1ST. Am. B. 1859, no. 510. — Couf.s, Key, 1872, 
243 ; Cheek List, 1873, no. 395 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. 580 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 448. — Ridgw. 
Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 513. 
Charadrius hdveticus, Licht. Verz. Dould. 1823, no. 728. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 26. — Aud. Orn. 
Biog. IV. 1838, 280, pi. 334 ; Svnop. 1839, 221 ; Birds Am. V. 1842, 199, pi. 315. 
Charadrius apricarius, Wilson, Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 41. 
Hab. Nearly cosmopolitan, but chiefly the northern hemisphere ; breeding in the extreme 
northern parts of its range, migrating in winter to southern regions, extending, in America, as far 
as Brazil and New Granada. Bermudas, arid throughout the West Indies. 
Sp. Char. Bill and legs strong ; wings long ; a very small rudimentary hind toe. Summer : 
Around the base of the bill to the eyes, neck before and under parts of body, black ; upper parts 
