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1. Charadrius dominicus. 
Le Pluvier doré de S. Domingue, Briss. Orn. v. p. 48, t. 6. fig. 1°. 
Charadrius dominicus, P. L. S. Mill. Syst. Nat. Anhang, p. 116°; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. Water- 
Birds N. Amer. i. p. 189°; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat, Mus. ix. p. 178*; Cherrie, Auk, 
1892, p. 329°; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 99°; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 195”. 
Charadrius virginicus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 70°; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 369°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 
1859, p. 2277°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. York, ix. p. 141”; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 378 2. 
Charadrius hypomelas, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 520". 
Ptil. hiem. Ptilosi westivee Squatarole helvetice similis, sed noteo aureo-flavo maculato, gastro brunneo lavato, 
et axillaribus fumoso-brunneis semper distinguendus: rostro saturate olivaceo; pedibus plumbeis ; iride 
saturate brunnea. Long. tota circa 9°5, ale 7:3, caude 2°6, culm. 1-2, tarsi 1°75. (Descr. femine adulte 
ex Guatemala. Mus. Brit.) 
Ptil. estiv. noteo aureo-flavo maculato; facie laterali et corpore subtus nigris; fronte, supercilio et colli 
lateribus conspicue albis. Long. tota circa 9°5, ale 7-0. (Descr. feminz adulte ex Alaska. Mus. 
nostr.) 
Hab. Arctic America, except coast of Bering Sea, migrating as far south as Patagonia °. 
—Mexico }8, Jalapa (de Oca®), Huertas de San Javier, Puebla, Nativitas, Tlaxcala 
(Ferrari-Perez*) ; GuaTemaLa’, Duefias (0. S.71°); Costa Rica (Carmiol 1"), San 
José (v. Frantzius 2, Cherrie®)—Sovuta AMERICA generally in winter’; Trinipap‘; 
West Inpizs’. 
This species occurs in our region as a migrant, passing either to its breeding-grounds 
in the Arctic Regions, or on its return journey to its winter-quarters in the southern 
continent. It is much smaller than the Grey Plover, and is always to be recognized 
by its smoky-grey axillaries. Dr. Bowdler Sharpe’ considers the American Golden 
Plover to be identical with C. fulvus of the Old World, but there are slight differences 
in size and in the proportions of the quills, which have induced some naturalists 
to treat them as separate races. 
Ferrari-Perez 4 noticed C. dominicus in the State of Puebla in March, and in 
Tlaxcala in October. Salvin!° records that a few of these birds appeared about the 
second week in April (in 1858) at Duefias, where they frequented the open pasture- 
land, and were always found in company with a flock of Bartram’s Sandpiper. In 
Costa Rica, Mr. Cherrie® says that the species was never common at San José, but a few 
individuals were seen between October 20th and December 15th. 
This Plover is found during migration in many of the West-Indian Islands and 
travels as far south as Patagonia, visiting nearly every portion of the South-American 
continent. Its habits are similar to those of Sguatarola helvetica. 
APHRIZA. 
Aphriza, Audubon, Syn. Birds Amer. p. 225 (1839); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 208 
(1896). 
This genus contains but a single species, which, from its form and general appearance, 
