224 
CHARADRIIN^. CHARADRIUS. 
the base, most of, the quills tipped with white ; tail brown, darker to- 
ward the end, the lateral feathers becoming white. Female similar, 
but without the black band on the forehead, and having that on the 
neck light brown. 
7 1 ^ 2 , 14 |;. 
Common, and breeds from Texas -along the coast to Long Island. 
Resident in the Southern States. 
Wilson’s Plover, Charadrius Wilsonius, Ok». Amer. Orn. v. ix. p. 77. 
Charadrius Wilsonius, Bonap. Syn. p. 296. 
Wilson’s Plover, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 21. 
Wilson’s Plover, Charadrius Wilsonius, Aud, Orn. Biog. v. iii, p. 73 ; v. v. p, 577. 
321. 6. Charadrius semipalmatus, Bonap. American Ring 
Plover. 
' Plate CCCXXX. Male and Female. 
Anterior toes connected by webs of considerable extent ; bill small, 
half the length of the head, reddish-orange, tipped with black ; upper 
parts greyish-brown tinged with olive, lower white ; forehead, loral 
space, a band passing below the eye, and a broad ring on the neck, 
black ; a band between the eyes, throat, and a ring on the neck, white ; 
quills dusky, darker towards the end, an elongated white spot on the 
inner primaries ; tips of the secondary coverts, and two or three of the 
inner secondaries, with the tips of the rest white ; tail-feathers brown, 
darker toward the end, tipped with white, enlarging toward the outer, 
which is entirely of that colour. Female similar, with the black bands 
lighter. Young with the upper parts paler, the feathers narrowly mar- 
gined with dusky and dull yellow, the black bands on the head want- 
ing, that on the fore neck brown, 
ilfa/e, 14. 
From Texas to the Arctic Regions, after passing through the inte- 
rior, as well as along the Atlantic shores. Breeds in Labrador and the 
Fur Countries, Many spend the winter in the Floridas. 
Ring Plover, Tringa Hiaticula, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 65. 
Charadrius semipalmatus, Bonap. Syn. p. 296. 
American Ring Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. 
V. ii. p. 367. 
■ Semipalmated Ringed Plover, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 21. 
American Ringed Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 256 ; 
V. v. p. 579. 
322. 7. Charadrius melodus, Ord. Piping Plover. 
Plate CCXX. Male and Female. 
Bill scarcely half the length of the head, orange, with the end black ; 
upper parts pale brownish-grey, lower part of forehead, sides of the 
face, and all the lower parts white ; a black band across the upper 
part of the forehead, and a ring of the same on the lower part of the 
