BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
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j£ GIA LITIS WILSONI US. (Ord.) 
Wilson’s Plover. 
Winter Plumage , Male. — Above, ashy brown ; forehead, white, 
extending into a faint superciliary stripe of dull black on the crown ; 
throat, white, continuing on the sides of the neck, nearly joining 
upon the nape ; a black pectoral band, the feathers edged with white, 
becoming brown upon the sides; under parts, white; two central 
tail-feathers, brown, the others showing increasing markings of 
white to the outer tail-feathers, which are white; bill, black (large 
and stout); legs, pinkish. Female and immature birds have the 
pectoral band brown, and no black on the head. 
Length 7.45, wing 4.60, tail 1.90, tarsus 1.16, bill .90. 
The Wilson’s Plover is a resident, and very abundant, gener- 
ally frequenting the long, open beaches. We found it common on 
Andros Island, where it was tame and unsuspicious. I also occa- 
sionally observed it along the shores of the inland salt ponds. 
Incubation commences about May 15. On May 27 I procured 
the eggs of this species near Mathewstown, Inagua. The nest 
was simply a slight depression in the sand, and contained three 
eggs, which were quite fresh. 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. V. pi. 319. 
