318 BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES 



Middle and South Parks ; found on both sides of the 

 range, 



265. Hudsonian curle'w. Numenius hudsonicus. Rare 

 migrant ; all records thus far from the plains ; general 

 range. North Amei-ica. 



270. Black-bellied plover. Squatarola squatarola. 

 Migrant, not common ; bird of plains below 5,000 feet ; 

 breeds far north. 



272. American golden plover. Charadrius dominicus. 

 Migrant, not common ; same record as preceding. 



273. Killdeer. j^igialitis vocifera. Abundant sum- 

 mer resident ; arrives early in spring ; breeds most abun- 

 dantly on plains and at base of foothills, but is far from 

 rare at an altitude of 10,000 feet. 



274'. Semipalmated plover. ^Egialitis semipalmata- 

 Migrant, not common ; breeds near the Arctic Circle. 



281. Mountain plover, ^gialitis Montana. Common 

 summer resident ; in spite of its name, a bird of the plains 

 rather than the mountains ; yet sometimes found in parks 

 at an altitude of 8,000 and even 9j,000 feet. Its numbers 

 may be estimated from the fact that in one day of August 

 a sportsman shot one hundred and twenty-six birds, though 

 why he should indulge in such wholesale slaughter the 

 author does not understand. 



283. Turnstone. Arenaria interpres. Rare migrant ; 

 breeding grounds in the north ; cosmopolitan in range, but 

 chiefly along sea-coasts. 



289. Bob-white. Colinus virginianus. Resident ; 

 somewhat common locally ; good reason to believe that 

 all the quails of the foothills are descendants of intro- 

 duced birds, while those of the eastern border of the 



