CHAPTER II.

_PLOVERS AND SANDPIPERS._ Characteristics and Affinities—Changes of Plumage—Structural Characters—Oyster-catcher—Ringed Plover—Kentish Plover—Golden Plover—Gray Plover—Lapwing—Turnstone—Phalaropes—Gray Phalarope—Red-necked Phalarope—Curlew—Whimbrel—Godwits— Black-tailed Godwit—Bar-tailed Godwit—Redshank—Sanderling— Knot—Curlew Sandpiper—Dunlin—Purple Sandpiper—Other species 61-121