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A few Black-bellied Plover were seen by Mr. Frazar at San Jose del Cabo, 

 the first (two in number) on October 18, the last on November 9. They were 

 rather common at Loreto and Carmen Island in March, at which season they 

 are also found in small flocks on Santa Margarita Island, according to Mr. 

 Bryant, while Mr. Belding has observed them as late as May 10, at San 

 Quintin Bay. 



Although this Plover is said to occur during the entire winter on the coast of 

 California, it is known to migrate as far south as Peru. It breeds in the Arctic 

 regions. 



Charadrius dominicus Mull. 

 American Golden Plover. 



Mr. Frazar killed an American Golden Plover at San Jose del Cabo on 

 October 18, and thinks he saw a few others about the same time. His speci- 

 men, a young male (No. 17,656), in fresh autumn plumage, is typical domini- 

 cus. No form of the Golden Plover is known to have been taken before in any 

 part of Lower California. 



C. dominicus has occurred as far south as Chili on the Pacific coast. It is 

 apparently a rare visitor to California, for Dr. Brewer states ^ that Dr. Cooper 

 " has only seen a single specimen, shot near San Francisco by Mr. J. Hepburn." 

 The Golden Plover is confined to the Arctic regions during the season of 

 reproduction. 



Aegialitis vocifera (Linn.). 

 Killdeer. 



Aegialitis vociferus Baied, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 301, 306 (Cape St. 

 Lucas). 



Oxyechus vociferus Eidgwat, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 534, footnote (Cape 

 St. Lucas). Belding, Ibid., VI. 1883, 351 (s. of lat. 24° 30'). 



Aegialitis vocifera Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 274 (Cape Re- 

 gion ; Cape St. Lucas). 



The Killdeer is resident in the Cape Region. Mr. Frazar found it rather 

 rare at La Paz in winter, but it was abundant about San Jose del Cabo through 

 September, its numbers decreasing rapidly after October 1. On top of the 

 Sierra de la Laguna some ten pairs were nesting early in May, and a few birds 

 lingering as late as November 28. Throughout the northern and central por- 

 tions of the Peninsula it is said to be common and very generally distributed. 

 On San Pedro Martir it has been observed by Mr. Anthony as high as 9,000 

 feet altitude. 



1 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, "Water Birds N. Amer., I. 1884, 143. 



