LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 34 ( . 



A. 0. U. 

 NO. 



224 (272) CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS. Mi LL. American Golden Plover. Green 



Plover. 



Ranges from Arctic regions, where it breeds, to South America ; common 

 on Atlantic coast during migrations ; prefers the fields to the 

 marshes. 



GENUS >EQIALITIS. BOIE. 



225 (273) /EGIALITIS VOCIFERA. (LiNN.) Kildeer Plover. 



Ranges from Newfoundland and Manitoba, breeding throughout its 

 range ; common in winter from Gulf States and Caroliuas to the 

 West Indies and South America ; as a rule not common on New 

 England coast, but in November, 1888, a great llight occurred on 

 shores of Massachusetts, and hundreds were killed and offered for 

 sale in the Boston markets. 



226 (274) /EGIALITIS SEM1PALMATA. BONAP. Semipalmated Plover. 



Ranges from Arctic regions to South America ; breeding from Labrador 

 northward ; common on Atlantic coast during migrations. 



227 (275) /EGIALITIS HIATICULA. (LiNN.) Ring Plover. 



Old world species ; not recorded from United States ; it occurs in Green- 

 laud. 



228 (277) /EGIALITIS MELODA. (ORi>.) Piping Plover. 



From Labrador to the West Indies and South America, being a familiar 

 bird on our shores ; breeds from Virginia to Labrador and New- 

 fouudland. 



229 (277a) ^Eyialitis meloda circumcincta. RIDGW. Belted Piping Plover. 



Is similar to a meloda but differs in having an unbroken black baud on 

 the neck forming a complete collar ; breeds from northern Illinois 

 northward ; migrates in winter to Gulf of Mexico. 

 229ct (278) /EGIALITIS NIVOSA. CASS. Snowy Plover. 



Western species ; not uncommon in winter on the northwest coast of 

 Florida. 



SUBGENUS OCHTHODROMUS. REICH. 



230 (280) /EGIALITIS WILSONIA. (ORD.) Wilson's Plover. 



Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America ; on the Atlantic side from 

 Long Island to the West Indies and South America ; breeds from 

 Virginia ; southern stragglers have been taken as far north as 

 Nova Scotia. 



SUBGENUS PODASOCYS. COUES. 



231 (281) /EGIALITIS MONTANA. (TOWNS.) Mountain Plover. 



Western species ; accidental or "casual in Florida. 



