. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . First Curlew Axillars. Adult in winter: Lacking the tawny color of the summer plumage;more whitish on the under parts, otherwise the markings being similar. Length, 13; wing, ; tarsus, 2; bill, to The Eskimo Curlew may still occur during the migrations in Wis-consin and Illinois, but is becoming very rare and the species is appar-ently fast disappearing. Prefers the fields and highlands to themarshes. Formerly abundant and as late as 1895 it was not un-common in some localities. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin —
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . First Curlew Axillars. Adult in winter: Lacking the tawny color of the summer plumage;more whitish on the under parts, otherwise the markings being similar. Length, 13; wing, ; tarsus, 2; bill, to The Eskimo Curlew may still occur during the migrations in Wis-consin and Illinois, but is becoming very rare and the species is appar-ently fast disappearing. Prefers the fields and highlands to themarshes. Formerly abundant and as late as 1895 it was not un-common in some localities. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 425 Family CHARADRIID^. Plovers. Most Plovers are gregarious. They vary considerably in theirhabits in different species; some prefer the beaches and marshes whileothers frequent the fields and plains. Of the hundred or more knownspecies, 15 occur in North America and 9 in the eastern United flesh is excellent, especially in the fall, when they are usuallyvery Black-bellied Plover (winter Piping Plover. Semipalmated Plover. Genus SOUATAROLA Cuvier. 134. Squatarola squatarola (Linn.). Black-bellied Plover. Charadrius squatarola (Linn.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 99. Local names: Beetle-head. Black-breast. Distr.: Nearly cosmopolitan, chiefly in northern hemisphere;breeds in the far north; south in winter to the West Indies, Brazil,and Colombia. Adult male in summer: Upper parts, smoky black; feathers,edged with dull white; breast and most of belly, black in highest 426 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX.
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