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them. The cries of the first bird shot seemed to distress and excite the 

 others very much, for they continued to circle around, uttering their 

 loud cries, and a fourth came tlying up Irom the Hats to see what all the 

 commotion was about. Seunett found it common about the shores and 

 Ihits of Corpus Christi Bay. At San Antonio Dresser observed them 

 in winter, and Brown saw two at Boerne on December 21. 



80. Numenius hudsouicus Lath. Iliulsoniau Curlew. 



"Found occasionally in the autumn and spring. I have two speci- 

 mens shot near San Antonio" (Dresser). None of the other observers 

 within the limits assigned to this paper ai)pear to have met with the 

 Iludsonian Curlew. 



81. Numenius borealis (Foust.). Eskimo Curlew. 



Brown notes his Curlew as rather common at Boerne; lirst seen there 

 by him on March 9. Near San Antonio, in the spring, Dresser found 

 it more abundant than N. hudsonicus, but not so common as N. longi- 

 rosiris. 



Family CHARADRIID.E. Plovers. 

 Geuus CHARADKIUS Lixx.t:us. 



82. Charadrius dominicus Mull. Americau Golden Plover. 



Hancock saw this Plover on the flats north of Corpus Christi March 

 16, and Sennett observed it there during a storm on March 20. It ar- 

 rived at Boerne March 0, according to Brown, and was uncommon after 

 that date. " Not uncommon near San Antonio in the autumn, but I saw 

 none in the spring" (Dresser). 



Geuus iEGIALITIS BoiE. 



83. .ffigialitis vocifera (Linn.). Killdeer. 



The widely distributed Killdeer was seen at all of the places visited. 

 It is an abundant resident at Boerne, according to Brown, and Dresser 

 records it as common inland as well as on the coast. 



84. .Sjgialitis seniipalmata Bonap. Semipalmated Plover. 



There is a mounted pair of this species of Plover in the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, presented by Captain Bendire, and collected at Corpus 

 Christi by a Mr. Benners, of New York. 



"Pretty common about the pond holes near San Antonio in the 

 autumn and spring" (Dresser.) 



85. .ffigialitis raontana (Towns.). Mountain Plover. 



Dresser found the Mountain Plover rather common near San Antonio 

 from Decend)er to April. " Occurs uncommonly in the migrations. A 

 flock of about twenty individuals encountered on January 2; two 

 specimens taken on Mar(^li 15, and a flock of a dozen or more seen on 

 March 17" (Brown). I did not see the bird at all. 



