456 EUDROMIAS MONTANUS, MOUNTAIN PLOVER. 



small blackish-brown dots and specks, but no spots of any size nor scratchy lines ; the 

 largest markings observed scarcely exceed a pin's bead. The dotting is sometimes ex- 

 tremely fine, mere points, aud with it appear to be always nungled a few obscure 

 sliell-markings of lilac or lavender. The egg ap]>ears to be about of the same size 

 (cai)acity) as that of the Ringneck, but is rather less elongate aud pointed. Several 

 specimens measure : 1.30 by 1.00; 1.25 by 0.95; 1.25 by 1.00; 1.20 by 0.95,* &c. 



The following North American species of this genus have not been found in the 

 Missouri region : 



.^GiALiTis WILSONIA, {Ch'd,) Cussin. 



Charadriits tvilsoniits, Ord, ed. Wils. ix, 1825, 77, pi. 73, fig. 5.— Bp., Syn. 296.— Nutt., 

 Man. ii, 1834, 21.— Aud., O. B. iii. 1835, 73; v, 1839, .577; pi. 284; Syn. 1839, 

 223 ; B. Am. v, 1842, 214, pi. 319.— GiR., B. L. I. 1844, 210.- Peab., Rep. Oru. 

 Mass. 1839, 360 ("Nahant, Aug. 1838").— Linsl., Am. Jouru. Sci. xliv, 1843, 265 

 (Connecticut). — Putn., Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 18.56, 224 (quotes I'eahody). 



^giaUtes uilsonius, Bp., List, 1838, 45. 



Ochthodromus wUsonius, Reich., Syst. Av. 1853, p. xviii. — Allejj, Pr. Ess. Inst, iv, 1864, 

 86 (Massachusetts; quotes Peahodij). — Allen, Am. Nat. iii, 1870, 637. 



MgiaVitis ivihonius, Cass., Baird's B. N. A. 1858, 693. — Sam., Descr. Cat. B. Mass. ii, 

 ("couimou, spring and fall"?).— Dress., Ibis, 1866, 34 (Texas). — Lawr., Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. viii, 1866, 294 (Long Island).— Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 291 

 (Connecticut, ii«s/e^, and (?) Massachusetts, Peahody, Samuels — a mistake?). — 

 Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 1868, 122 (South Carolina).— Turnb., B. E. Pa. 1869, 

 28 (New Jersey, rather rare). — Coues, Am. Nat. iii, 1869, 337 (biography and 

 eggs). — AiXEN, Bull. M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 355 (Plorida, winteriug). — Coues, Key, 

 1872, 244. 



Charadrins crasnirosiris, Spix, Av. Bras, ii, 1825, 77, pi. 94 (cf. Pelz., Orn. Bras. 1870, 297). 



Hub. — Atlantic and Gulf coasts. United States. North to Long Island and Couuecti- 

 cut, probably to Massachusetts, but rare beyond New .Jersey. Also on the Pacific side 

 to California (?). Middle and South America and West Indies (Cuba, Cab., J. f. O. iv, 

 424 ; Bahamas, Bry., Pr. Bost. Soc. vii, 18.59 ; Saint Thomas, Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 

 1860, 378; Guatemala aud Honduras, Salv., Ibis, 1866, 197; Venezuela, ScL. & Salv., 

 P. Z. S. 1868, 169; Brazil, Spix; Pelz., Orn. Bras. 297). 



^gialitis cantiana var. nivosa, (Cassin,) Bidgivay. 



MgialUh {LencopoUm) nivosa, Cass., Baird's B. N. A. 1858, 696 (San Francisco, Cal.). — 

 Coues, Ibis, 1866. 274 (San Pedro, Cal.).— (?) Salv., Ibis, 1866, 196 (Chiapam).— 

 ScL. & Salv., P. Z. S. 1868, 176 (Islay, Peru).— Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix, 1868, 

 209 (Yucatan). 



Charadriits caniianus, Heerm., P. R. R. Rep. x, 1859, pt. vi, 64. 



jEgialiUs caniianus, Coues, Key, 1872, 245. 



JEgialiiis cautiaiius var. nii'osus, RiDGW., Am. Nat. viii, 1874, 109. — CouES, Check-list, 

 App. No. 401. 



Hah. — Coast of California, and southward to Peru. East probably to the Rocky 

 Mountains. Utah, breeding (Ridgwag). 



.^GIALITIS BIICRORIIYNCHA, Eidgway. 



JEgialiiis microrhynfjius, Eidgw., Am. Nat. viii, 1874, 109 (San Francisco). — CouES, 

 Check-list, No. 400bis. 



Hob. — Coast of California. 



EUDROMIAS MONTxVNUS, (Towns.) Haitiug. 



MoiiMtiiin Plover. 



Charadrius mo)iianus, Towns.. Joiirn. A. N. S. vii, 1837, 192; Narr. 1839, 349. — Aud., Oru. 

 Biog. iv, 1838, 362, pi. 350 ; Syn. 1839, 223 ; B. Am. v, 1842, 213, pi. 318. 



* The eggs of the Snowy Plover {A. nivosa of Cassin) are nmch like those of A. me- 

 loiia, being of about the same size, and having the same light ground and fine mark- 

 ings. The markings, however, are more numerous and scratchy, comparing with those 

 of meloda in this respect, much as the eggs of the Killdeer do with those of the Ringneck. 

 The coloration is v«'ry nearly as in icihoiiia, though the size is nmch less. Two eggs 

 measure each 1.20 by 0.90; these were from a set of three taken by Dr. Cooper, May 23, 

 1862, at San Pedro, Southern Caliibrnia, where, as I found the species in November, it 

 is probablj- resident. Another egg, in the Smithsonian collection, was procured by Mr. 

 Hepburn at San Francisco. 



