178 THE MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS 



to Ungava and Labrador, and from there embarks 

 in a flight that carries it directly out over the open 

 sea. It is uncommon ordinarily on the coasts of 

 New England, and casual and irregular south to 

 Long Island. From that point south, the bird is al- 

 most unknown. The migration route carries it past 

 Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Lesser Antilles, 

 apparently in large part over the ocean, as few seem 

 to alight. Colonel Fielden has recorded early arri- 

 vals at the island of Barbadoes in July and the first 

 part of August, but finds that the main flight comes 

 after the latter part of August. The course in flight 

 across the island is from northwest to southeast, 

 and if unfavorable winds prevail, many alight. The 

 early arrivals are black-breasted birds, which in- 

 dicates that they are adults. The young begin to 

 appear about the twelfth of September, and con- 

 tinue in flight into October or even November. 

 From here they continue south to the continent of 

 South America, and finally reach a wintering ground 

 in the Argentine pampas. 



During the fall migration golden plover may be 

 scattered over a tremendous range. In 1920 I 

 noted the earliest arrivals at small lagoons in the 

 Chaco west of Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay, on the 

 sixth of September. On this same date Dr. Francis 

 Harper, travelling for the Biological Survey, re- 

 ported golden plover in small numbers in the vicin- 



