SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 



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September, and October" (Taylor); "The whole of temperate North America" 

 (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt (A. S. Pearse); Omaha— nests (L. Skow) ; Peru — 

 breeds (G. A. Coleman); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); Genoa, O'Neill, 

 Bow creek (D. H. Talbot); Gage county (F. A. Colby); Omaha, an abundant 

 migrant, and a common summer resident" (I. S. Trostler). 



Fk: 



-Golden Plover. 



274. ^gialtis semipalmata Bonap. — Semipalmated Plover. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Abundant in Nebraska during 

 its spring and fall migrations" (Aughey); " Migratory, common, arrive in May 

 and September" (Taylor); "The whole of North America" (Goss); Omaha 

 (L. Skow); Omaha, "a common migrant" (I. S. Trostler). 



277a. ^gialtis meloda circumcincta Ridgw. — Belted Piping 

 Plover. 



Lincoln, West Point (L. Bruner); "Common in Nebraska, and breeds here" 

 (Aughey); "Migratory, common; summer resident, occasional; arrives in May 

 and September" (Taylor); "Breeding from northern Illinois and Nebraska, 

 northward" (Goss); Peru, rare migrant (G. A. Coleman); Omaha, "a rare mi- 

 grant" (I. S. Trostler). 



278. .^gialtis nivosa Cass. — Snowy Plover. 



A small flock of what was supposed to be this plover was seen in Holt county 

 in spring of 1885 (L. Bruner); "from California east to Kansas and western 

 Gulf states" (A. O. U. Check List); "quite common as a summer resident in 

 western Nebraska" (a "travelling salesman " through I. S. Trostler). 



281. ^gialtis montana (Tomjms.).— Mountain Plover. 



Sidney, Marsland, Harrison (L. Bruner); "Abundant in Nebraska, especially 

 in the western poitions of the state" (Aughey); "Migratory, abundant in 



