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American Golden Plover; Greenback—( Oharadrius do- 
minicus). 
As seen in the United States: a short-billed, three-toed, shore bird, with 
the entire upper parts blackish, brightly dotted and marked with golden and 
whitish spots, and the lower parts grayish-white, with brownish streakings on 
the sides. 
Breeds in Arctic America. Winters in South America. Very erratic tran¬ 
sient, rarely seen in spring, but at irregular intervals occur in large flocks in 
the fall. 
Kjlldeer— (zEgialitis vocifera ). 
A common, noisy, active, beautifully marked, short-billed, three-toed, brown- 
hacked, white-bellied plover, with two dark bands across the breast, the upper 
one extending around the neck. The rump is very brightly colored, often 
decidedly red, and the wings have much black and white. The bird is very 
abundant. 
Breeds in temperate North America. Winters in Southern States to north¬ 
ern South America. Common summer resident throughout the interior of 
New Jersey. 
Semipalmated Plover; Ring-neck— ( 2Egialitis semipalmata). 
A common, short-billed, ashy-brown-backed, white-bellied plover, with a 
rather broad, complete ring of black around the neck, and distinctly marked 
black, white and brown head, including a black band from the eye to the bill. 
Breeds far northward. Winters in West Indies and South America. Very 
common transient on the coast. 
Piping Plover; Pale Ring-neck—( zEgialitis meloda). 
A wary, coast-living, short-billed, ashy-backed, white-bellied plover, with a 
narrow, black collar on the sides, but not complete across the breast, and 
a narrow, black stripe from eye to eye above the forehead. In the winter the 
black is replaced by brownish-gray. 
Breeds on southern coast of Labrador to Virginia. Winters in Atlantic 
States to the West Indies. Transient. This species formerly bred along the 
coast in considerable numbers. 
Belted Piping Plover — (ZEgialitis meloda circumcincta). 
This is much like the last, but has tho black collar complete across the 
breast. 
Breeds in Wisconsin to the Boeky mountains. A straggler from the west. 
Wilson’s Plover — (ZEgialitis wilsonia ). 
A southern, common, brownish-gray-backed, white-bellied plover, with a 
broad, black band across the upper part of the breast and blackish wing quills, 
Tho forehead and line over the eye are white, lores blackish, and a black 
band across the front of the crown. There is more or less complete white band 
across the back neck. 
Breeds on coasts of Virginia and southward. Winters in Mexico and South 
America. Rare straggler on the New Jersey coast, where it probably bred 
occasionally many years ago. 
