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272. Charadrius dominicus illiill. AMERICAN (itiLIJISA' I’Lovmt; GRl-ZIQNHAVK. Art. in sumnmzil'pper parts black, spotted and margined with golden yellow; tail brownish gray, indistinctly barred with whitish; sides of the bi t white; rest ot'the under parts. including sides of the head, black; under w1ng~coycrts ashy. ll'h/tcl' [dunner/v.77lTppcr parts and tail

t'uscous. spotted or barred with whitish or yellow; under parts whitish. more or less streaked or barred with brownish gray. 11., 10130; W., 7'00; T2111; 1-00; 1%., a).

,It’cnuz/‘kx.!1minature birds are sometimes confused with those ot'the Black— bellied l’lorer, but, aside from ditl'erences ot‘ size and color, the absence of the fourth toe in the present species will always distinguish it.

[fill/(linilil‘ectls in the arctic regions: winters from Florida to Patagonia.

Washington, rare and irregular T. V. Long Island, T. \'., very rare in May; common from Aug. 15 to Nov. 10.

[lg/gs, three to Your, oehraeeous- butl or butl‘y white, heavily marked with chocolate;1'e{i x 1'28.

Golden I’lovers frequent marshes. sandy hills. old fields, sand—flats exposed by the falling tide, plowed fields, and burned tracts which are free of trees and bushes. \Vhen on the ground they run rapidly and gracefully. and after alighting soon scatter. All their movements are quick, and after running a. few yards they suddenly stop. hold their head erect. and look about them. In feeding they seem to strike at an object with a motion that reminds one of a Loon or Grebe begin- ning to dire.

When a flock is approaching decoys, every bird seems to be whis- tling. uttering a note like cowl/e. coed/e. candle. Unlike the Black- bellied Plover. the young birds are wary and more dillicult to decoy than the old ones. When driven from a favorite resting or feeding ground they generally return in a short time. (Abridged from Mr. George H. B ackay’s account of the habits of this species in The Auk, viii, 1891, pp. 17—24.)

The Ft'norxax Gornnx PLOVER (-271. (Warm/Mus afl/‘ic/n'z'usi occurs in eastern (lreeniand. It resembles our species, but has the under wing—corerts white instead ot'gray.

273. Egialitis vocifera. (Li/INA. KILLm-zrn. .-1«/.—- Forehead. a spot behind the eye. throat. and a ring around the neck. a band on the breast, lower breast. and belly white; front of the crown. lorcs. a ring around the neck. and a hand on the breast black: crown and back grayish brown tipped with rufous; rump and upper tail-covcrts rul'ous: inner tail-ti'athcrs grayish brown. outerones becoming rut'ous and white.all tipped with black and white. L.,10-50: \\'., (3'50; Tan, '35; 1%..‘75.

[WU/{IIL—Ntfl'tll America north to Newfoundland and Manitoba. breeding throughout its range; winters from the lower Mississippi Valley and Vir— ginia to northern South America.