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adjoining waters. Mr. Anthony says they are very abund- 

 ant along the coast in winter, and fairly swarming at San 

 Quintin Bay. On the sand beach a few miles south of San 

 Qnintin, I shot a solitary bird, May, 1889. 



95. Numenius hudsonicus Lath. 



HuDsoNiAN Curlew. — Noted from the Cape region by Mr. 

 Belding, and San Quintin Bay by Mr. Anthony. They were 

 common at Magdalena Bay, often mingling with flocks of 

 godwit and willet. 



96. Charadrius squatarola (Linn.) 



Black-bellied Plovee.— Mr. Belding found them at the 

 Cape region, and both he and Mr. Anthony note them from 

 San Quintin Bay, the former having seen then as late as 

 May 10. On Santa Margarita Island I found them in small 

 flocks in March, 1889. 



97. -ffigialitis vocifera (Linn.) 



KiLLDEER. — Common in many localities of the Cape region 

 according to Mr. Belding. Taken at Cape Saint Lucas by 

 Mr. Xantus, October 20 to November 22. On April 21, 

 1888, I shot a pair at Comondu, and did not see any others 

 that year; in 1889 they were found at every favorable water- 

 ing place from Comondu to San Quintin. Mr. Anthony has 

 found them common everywhere that he has collected. In 

 May, 1889, he saw them on San Pedro Martir at an altitude 

 of 9,000 feet. 



98. .ffigialitis semipalmata Bonap. 



Semipalmated Plover. — Mr. Belding notes this species 

 as moderately common near La Paz. At San Quintin Bay 

 Mr. Anthony found them common on both sand beaches of 

 the ocean and mud flats of the Bay. A flock of seven was 

 seen at Magdalena Bay, March 12, 1889, and two males 

 secured. 



99. .ffigialitis nivosa Cass. 



Snowy Plover. — At the Cape region it has been noted 

 only by Mr. Belding, and at San Quintin Bay by Messrs. 



