l62 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



SUUGENUS .aEJGIALITIS BOIE. 



jEgialitis BOIE, Isis, 1822, 558. Type, by elimination, Charadrius 

 hiaticula LINN. 



274. .Slgialitis semipalmata BONAP. 



Semipalmated Plover. 



sEgialitcs scinipalinatus BONAP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 45. 

 [B 507, C 399, R 517, C 586.] 



HAB. Arctic and subarctic America, migrating south throughout 

 tropical America, as far as Brazil and Peru. 



275. .SJgialitis hiaticula (LINN.). 



Plover. 



Charadrius hiaticnla LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 150. 

 sEgialitis hiaticiila BOIE, Isis, 1822, 558. 



[B C , R 5 i8, C 5 8 9 .] 



HAB. Northern parts of the Old World and portions of Arctic 

 America, breeding on the west shore of Cumberland Gulf. 



[276.] .SJgialitis dubia (Scop.). 



Little Ring Plover. 



Charadrius dubius SCOPOLI, Delic. F. et Fl. Insubr. II. 1786, 93. 

 sEgialites dubiiis WALDEN, Trans. Zool. Soc. VIII. ii. 1872, 89. 



[B , C 4oo/;/>, R 519, C 590.] 



HAB. Most of the Eastern Hemisphere, breeding northward. Ac- 

 cidental on the coast of California and in Alaska. 



277. JEgialitis meloda (ORD). 



Piping Plover. 



Charadrius wclodiis ORD, ed. Wn,s. VII. 1824, 71. 

 jEgialites melodits BONAP. Geo_c;. & Comp. List, 1838, 45. 



[15 508, C 400, R 520, C 587.] 



HAR. Eastern Province of North America, breeding from the roast 

 of Virginia (at least formerly) northward ; in winter, West Indies. 



