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12!>-27.'{-(^5S4). J]j?ialitis vorilera {Linn.), *Kili^deer; Killdker Plover ; Ring 

 Plovkk. 



' Very abundant; throughout the entire state; common from March to Dec; often 

 seen in winter; valuable as a destroyer of insects; our most common plover; fre- 

 quents gardens, pastures and roadsides; " very common at Albion and St. Joseph, 

 where I once took an abnormally large egg, which contained a double yolk, but 

 never seen at Palmer " (O. B. Warren); " very common throughout the season at 

 Port Sanilac with eggs as stated by Dr. Brownell " (W. A. Oldtield); " Mackinac 

 Island" (S. E. White; "occasional at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster) breeds; 

 nests often as early as March, on the ground, usually on a knoll, in gardens and 

 pastures; eggs four, yellowish white, spotted with dark brown. Dr. Brownell writes 

 me that the eggs are always arranged in the form of a cross with the small or 

 pointed ends toward the center. 



13(>-274-(58G). ^g'ialitis seiiiipalmata -Bonap. *Semipalmated Plover; Ring 

 Plover ; Ring Neck. 



Common; Migrant; May and Sept.; Jei-ome Trombley has taken it in Monroe Co.; 

 "Upper Peninsula" (A. H, Boies); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); taken by J. B. 

 Purdy at Plymouth; "common at Morrice" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); said to'be a sum- 

 mer resident north. We have taken this bird here at the college in early spring. 

 Dr. Atkins reports taking one at Locke, Aug. 19, 1884; "northern part of Indiana" 

 (Butler's Birds of Indiana). 



181-277(587). J]gialitis meloda (Ord.). Piping Plover ; Piping Ring Plover. 



Rather rare; migrant; "rare migrant in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); "I have 

 shot it as a migrant in Allegan Co." (S. E. White), embraced in the lists of Hughes, 

 Boies, Covert and Gibbs. These notes may refer to the next species. 



132-27 7a-(o88). Jigialitis meloda circiimcincta Ridgw. Belted Piping Plover. 



"Migrant, not common, summer resident northward" (Butler's Birds of Indiana); 

 " common summer resident along the shore of Lake Michigan " (Dr. Brayton). 

 Prof. A. W. Butler thinks this species more common in Northern Indiana than 

 the preceding. I have no positive evidence of the occurrence of this bird in our 

 state. 



Family APHRIZID/E. Surf Birds and Turnstones. 



Feed on crustaceans, shell fish, etc. 



Subfamily ARENARIINiE. Turnstones. 



Genus ARENARIA Bbiss. 



Turnstone, natural size. 



