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by a band of whitOj and another of black in front ; primaries brownish- 
black, each with a white mark, linear on the outer, enlarging on the 
inner quills | secondaries, excepting the inner, white, but most of 
them with a large patch of blackish-brown toward the end, their tips 
and most of those of the primaries white, as are those of the larger 
coverts. Tail-feathers white at. the base, succeeded by orange, the 
four middle brown, all with a broad subterminal of black, the 
tips white, those of the middle feathers pale reddish, the outer uiT 
each side white, with three bands of black on the inner web. 
Male, 10, 20. 
Common. Breeds from Texas to the eastern base of the Rocky 
Mountains, and in all the central and Atlantic districts, to Massachu- 
setts. Fur Countries. 
Kildeer Plover, Charadrius vociferus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 73. 
Charadrius vociferus, Bonap. Syn. p. 297. 
Charadrius vociferus, Kildeer Plover, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 368. 
Kildeer Plover, Ndtt. Man. v. ii. p. 22. 
Kildeer Plover, Charadrius vociferus, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 191 ; v. v. p. 577. 
319. 4. Charadrius montanus, Townsend. Rocky-moun- 
tain Plover. 
Plate CCCL. Female. Male unknown. 
Bill black, feet dull yellow. Forehead, a band over the eye, fore 
part of neck, and all the rest of the lower surface, white ; crown of the 
head and nape dark yellowish-brown, sides and hind part of the neck 
dull ochre-yellow, which is the prevailing colour on the upper parts, 
the feathers being broadly margined with it while their central portion 
is greyish-brown ,* wing-coverts lighter ; primary coverts and quills 
dusky, their shafts and margins white, that colour becoming more ex- 
tended on the inner and on some of the secondaries, so as to form a con- 
spicuous patch on the wing ; inner secondaries like the back i tail 
yellowish-brown, tipped with yellowish-white, the two outer feathers 
margined with the same. 
Female, 8i, wing 6|. 
Rocky Mountains. 
Charadrius montanus. Towns. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia, v. vii. p. 192. 
Rocky Mountain Plover, Charadrius montanus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 362. 
320. 5. Charadrius Wilsonius, Ord. Wilson’s Plover. 
Plate CCLXXXIV. Male. Plate CCIX. Female. 
Bill very large, nearly as long as the head, black ; feet flesh-colour- 
ed ; upper parts light greyish-brown, lower white ; lower part of fore- 
head, a broad band over the eyes, throat, and a ring round the neck, 
white ; a band between the eyes, and one on the fore neck, brownish- 
black ; quills dusky brown, outer webs of inner primaries white toward 
