102 C. II. Merriam — Birds of Connecticut. 



Family, CHARADRIID^E. 



175. Squatarola helvetica (Linne) Brehm. Black-bellied Plover. 



Occurs during the migrations. Taken at Stratford l>y Linsley. 

 Mr. W. W. Coe lias a splendid specimen of this bird, taken in fall, on 

 the Sound near the mouth of the Connecticut. Dr. F. W. Hall shot 

 several specimens about the middle of October (Oct. 18, 187:3), and 

 tells me that they were remarkably tame. 



176. Charadrius fulvUS, var. Virgillicus (Bork.) Coues. Golden 



Plover. 



Common during migrations. Capt. Brooks informs me that they 

 are " plenty at Guilford, Conn., in spring and early fall," and that 

 " sometimes a few stop in the fall and stay a few days" at Faulkner's 

 Island. Linsley found it at Stratford. Mr. Coe has taken it as far 

 inland as Portland, Conn., on the river. 



177. JEgialltlS VOCifera (Linne) Bonaparte. Kilkleer Plover. 



A summer resident, but not very common. It generally arrives 

 late in March (Feb. 24, 1875, plenty by last of March ; April 5, 1872 ; 

 Portland, Conn., W. W. Coe). Mr. Coe informs me that it breeds on 

 Plumb Island, and in the vicinity of Portland, Conn., where it used 

 to be very common. 



178. .iEgialitis "Wilsonia (Ord) Cassin. Wilson's Plover. 



•Not common. Linsley took it at Stratford. It has also been taken 

 on Long Island (Giraud), but seldom strays so far North. 



179. JEgialitis semipalmata (Bonap.) Cabanis. Seniipalmated Plover. 



A common migrant. Arrives about, or before, the middle of May 

 (May 17, 1876, Osborne). During the latter part of May, and first 

 of June, they may be seen, in small flocks, running along the beach, 

 in search of food, as the tide goes out. Mr. W. W. Coe writes me 

 that he has taken it at Portland, Conn., twenty-five miles from the 

 Sound. 



180. JEgialitlS meloda (Wilson) Bonaparte. Piping Plover ; Ringneck. 



A summer resident. Linsley found it breeding at Stratford. Mr. 

 J. N. Clark also finds it breeding at Saybrook, Conn., and Mr. W. W. 

 Coe has taken it at Portland. 



