Part 111

Common. Breeds from Texas to the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, and in all the central and Atlantic districts, to Massachusetts. 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, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 22.

Kildeer Plover, Charadrius vociferus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 191; v. v. p. 577.

319. 4. Charadrius montanus, Townsend. Rocky-mountain 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 extended on the inner and on some of the secondaries, so as to form a conspicuous patch on the wing; inner secondaries like the back; tail yellowish-brown, tipped with yellowish-white, the two outer feathers margined with the same.

Female, 8-1/4, wing 6-1/8.

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-coloured; upper parts light greyish-brown, lower white; lower part of forehead, 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 the base, most of the quills tipped with white; tail brown, darker toward 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.

Male, 7-8/12, 14-1/4.

Common, and breeds from Texas along the coast to Long Island. Resident in the Southern States.

Wilson's Plover, Charadrius Wilsonius, Ord. 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 margined with dusky and dull yellow, the black bands on the head wanting, that on the fore neck brown.

Male, 7-1/4, 14.

From Texas to the Arctic Regions, after passing through the interior, 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.