. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. FAMILY TLOVEKS. 125 Bill, orange at base, the tip, blaek; legs, orange yellow; two middle tail feathers, tipped with white; no black stripe from bill to eye;, black breast band not confluent. Species not found west of the Rocky riountains. Aegialitis meUxla. Piping Plover. See No. 228. Bill, orange at base, the tip, black; lej;s, orange yellow; middle tail feathers, tipped with white; no black stripe fioin bill to eye; a continuous black band on breast. Species not found west of Rocky H


. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. FAMILY TLOVEKS. 125 Bill, orange at base, the tip, blaek; legs, orange yellow; two middle tail feathers, tipped with white; no black stripe from bill to eye;, black breast band not confluent. Species not found west of the Rocky riountains. Aegialitis meUxla. Piping Plover. See No. 228. Bill, orange at base, the tip, black; lej;s, orange yellow; middle tail feathers, tipped with white; no black stripe fioin bill to eye; a continuous black band on breast. Species not found west of Rocky Hountains. AerjialiUs meloda circumciiicta. Belted Piping Plover. See No. 229. Bill, entirelj'black; legs, slate color; two outer tail feathers, entirely white; two middle feathers, not tipped with white; no black stripe from bill to eye. Ranges from Texas and Kansas west to the I'aeific Ocean; casual in Western Florida and Cuba; not known to occur on the Atlantic Coast. Aegialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. See No. 229a. Section 2. Bill, over .60 inch long. Aep;ia]itis iiivosa. Aegialitis wllsonia. A very small web between outer and middle toes; bill, large and thick; a band of black (male) or browa (female) on breast. Aegialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover. See No. 230. * Group 2. Wing, to inches long; toes, three, no hind toe. Section 1. Bill, over .60 inch long. Bill, thick; shoulder (lesser and middle wing coverts), asliy gray; legs, dull flesh color; a small web between toes. Aegialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover. "^ See No. 230. A egialitie wilsonia. Section 2. Bill, under ,60 inch Bill, orange at base, the tip, black; legs, dull flesh color; a black stripe from bill passing under eye. Aegialitis semipalmala. Semipalmated Plover. Ring Neck. See No; 226. Aegialitis semipalmata. * For directions for meayiirenicnt, see page Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration


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