106 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus OXYECHUS Reichenbach. 



Oxyechus Reichenbach, Avium Syst. Nat., 1852 [1853], xviii. Tjqje, by 

 orig. desig., Charadrius vociferus Linnael'S. 



Oxyechus vociferus vociferus (Linnaeus). Killdeer. [273.] 



Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 150. Based on 

 The Chattering Plover, Pluvialis vociferus Catesby, Carolina, I, 71. 

 (in America septentrionali = South Carolina.) 



Range. — Breeds from northern British Columbia, southern Mackenzie, 

 northern Ontario, and southern Quebec south to the Bahamas, Florida, 

 central Mexico, and southern Lower California. Winters from southern 

 British Columbia, Colorado, Missouri, southern Illinois, western New York, 

 and New Jersey south to Bermuda, the Greater Antilles, northern Venezuela, 

 and northwestern Peru. Casual in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and New- 

 foundland, and in the British Isles. [Closely related races are resident in the 

 West Indies and on the coast of Peru.] 



Genus EUDROMIAS Brehm. 



Eudromias C. L. Brehm, Isis von Oken, XXIII, 1830, Heft, x (Oct.), col. 

 987. Type, by monotypy, Charadrius morinellus Linnaeus. 



• Eudromias morinellus (Linnaeus). Dotterel. [269.1.] 



Charadrius Morinellus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 150. (in 

 Europa ad Alpes migrans per Upsaliam, etc. = Sweden.) 



Range. — Breeds in the Alps, Great Britain, Scandinavia, and Siberia. 

 Winters in southern Europe and northern Africa. Accidental in Alaska (King 

 Island, July 23, 1897 » and Cape Prince of Wales, Junel 5 and 19, 1929 ^) and 

 in Japan. 



Genus PLUVIALIS Brisson. 



Pluvialis Brisson, Orn., 1760, I, 46; V, 42. Type, by tautonymy, 

 Pluvialis aurea Bni&soN = Charadrius pluvialis Linnaeus = C apricarius 

 Linnaeus. {Pluvialis quoted in synonymy.) 



Pluvialis apricaria apricaria (Linnaeus). Eiu-opean Golden Plover. [271.] 



Charadrius apricarius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 150. (in 

 Oelandia, Canada = Oeland Island, Sweden.) 



Range. — Breeds from Great Britain and central Europe to Iceland, Norway, 

 and northwestern Siberia. Winters south to northern Africa and southern 

 Asia. Casual in Greenland where it breeds occasionally. 



1 Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1900, 22. 



2 A. M. Bailey, Condor, XXXII, 1930, 161. 



