BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
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^EG I A LITIS SEMIPALMATUS. {Bp.) 
Ring-necked Plover. 
Adult Male. — Bill short and stout, of an orange-yellow color, 
tipped with black ; legs, yellowish ; toes, semipalmate ; above,, gray- 
ish brown, with coronal and pectoral bars of dark brown; eyelids, 
orange. 
Length 6.75, wing 4.50, tail 2.35, tarsus .80, bill .40. 
This Plover occasionally visits the islands, but I do not think it 
is ever at all common. Dr. Bryant, in his list, gives it as “ common 
until May.” It is gregarious, and is generally to be found in small 
flocks frequenting the open beaches. 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. V. pi. 320. 
AE GIA LITIS MELODUS. (Ord.) 
Piping Plover. 
Winter Plumage , Male. — Above, pale ashy brown ; throat and 
band around the neck, white ; forehead, white, the color of the back 
extending upon the side of the breast ; under parts wholly white ; 
quills, brown and white ; tail, dark brown, with white bases and tips ; 
outer ones, white. 
Length 7, wing 4.80, tail 2, tarsus .80, bill .44. 
