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Synopsis of the Birds 
216. * Charadrius semipalmatus, Nob. Brownish-ash ; front, 
collar, and beneath, white ; frontlet, and a broad ring around 
the base of the neck, black ; bill and feet orange, the former 
black at tip. 
Adult, sincipital band and auriculars, black. 
Young and autumnal, neck-ring dusky ; bill wholly black- 
ish. 
Ring Plover , Charadrius ( Tringa !) hiaiicula , Wils. Am. 
Orn. vii. p. 65. pi. 59. fig . 3. adult in spring dress ; and Semi - 
palmated Plover , Charadrius semipalmatus , Nob. Am. Orn. 
young. 
Inhabits common all along the sea coast of the union : re- 
tiring to high northern latitudes during summer to breed. 
f f Inner toe cltft. 
217. Charadrius melodus, Ord. Whitish-ash ; front, collar 
and beneath, white ; no black on the frontlet ; a narrow black 
ring around the base of the neck ; bill and feet orange, the 
former black at tip. 
Adult, a black sincipital band. 
Young and autumnal, no neck-ring; no sincipital band ; 
bill entirely blackish. 
Ringed Plover , Charadrius hiaticula , Wils. Am. Orn. v. 
p. 30. pi. 37. fig. 3. adult in spring dress; and Piping Plover, 
Charadrius melodus, Nob. Am. Orn. autumnal. 
Inhabits common all along the eastern sea coast of North 
America; not migrating as far to the north as the preceding 
species, and remaining throughout the summer in the tem- 
perate regions; departing sooner for the south. 
218. Charadrius wilsonius, Ord. Olive-ash ; front, collar 
* The discovery since the publication of the former part of this paper, of 
six species to be added to the first three orders, making- the entire number 
belonging to them 215, renders it necessary to number the first species in 
this order 216. 
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