. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . yKgialitis wilsuiiU. ^ mniiUiia. PODASOCYS CouEs. /CQIALITIS MONTANA {Ihio/is.).Mountain Plover. Above uniforni brownish -ray. feathers occasionally edged with tawny brown ; nnder partsentirely white with tlie exception of the breast, which at times shows a tinge of gray: a l)lackloral stripe extending from the bill to the eye, and a black superciliary stripe l)ack of the head,showing a patch of black: shafts of the first primary white: wing coverts grayish brown,some of them

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. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . yKgialitis wilsuiiU. ^ mniiUiia. PODASOCYS CouEs. /CQIALITIS MONTANA {Ihio/is.).Mountain Plover. Above uniforni brownish -ray. feathers occasionally edged with tawny brown ; nnder partsentirely white with tlie exception of the breast, which at times shows a tinge of gray: a l)lackloral stripe extending from the bill to the eye, and a black superciliary stripe l)ack of the head,showing a patch of black: shafts of the first primary white: wing coverts grayish brown,some of them tipped with white : bill black ; legs pale l)rown. Length, : Wing, 6; Tarsus. : Bill. . North America from the L;reat plains westward: accidentalin Florida. () This species has been recorded from Florida, but it is not common inthe State and must be considered as merely an accidental strai(i,der. The eggs are three to four in number, of oli\e brown color dotted andmarked with brown. 296 KEY TO THE ^^ATER OF FLORIDA. Thiscommonthe eggscommon Family

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