A Synopsis of the Birds of North America

by John James Audubon

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, 7⁸/₁₂, 14¹/₄.

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.