86 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LIMICOLAE. 



CHARADRIIDAE. 



1G4. Charadrius dominicus Miiller. 



American golden plover; Bullhead; Frost-bird; Greenback; 

 Greenhead; Green plover; Muddy breast; Pale belly; 

 Pale breast; Three toes; Toad-head. 



Mull., Linne's Vollstand. natursyst., suppl., 1776, p. 116. "St. 

 Domingo." 



Charadrius marmoratus Wagl. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 203, pi. 316. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 125, pi. 39, fig. 5. 



Beaches, marshes, and open hilltops; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Formerly common, now rare fall migrant coastwise. 

 Aug. 12-Xov. 15. 



X. H. — Rare migrant coastwise. (May); Aug. 26-mid-Oct. 



Vt. — Rare migrant: Lunenburg. 



Mass. — Very rare spring, and formerly common but now rare 

 fallmigrantcoastwi.se. (May); Aug. 12-Nov. 2 (Nov. 19; Nov. 

 25, 1908, Ipswich). 



R. I. — Migrant, formerly rare in spring and common in fall 

 coastwise; now very rare. (May); Aug. 14- Oct. 25. 



Coxx. — Formerly common migrant, now rare; mainly coast- 

 wise. Oct. 24. 



165. OxTECHtrs vocifekus (Linne) Reielienbaeh. 

 Killdeer. 



Charadrius vociferus Limit', Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, 

 p. 150. " ix America septextrioxali." 



Aegialitis vocifera (Linne). Chapman, Handb. birds east. Xo. 

 Amer., 1895, p. 173; Bird-life, 1S9S, pi. 11. Egg, Capen, 1886, 

 pi. 18, figs. 8, 9. 



Meadows, fields, and marshes; less often on beaches; nests on 

 the ground. 



Me. - Rare migrant and accidental visitor. Aug. 17— Oct. 24 

 (Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 1888). 



