AET. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS — WETMORE AND LINCOLN 23 



Order CHARADRIIFORMES 

 Family CHARADRIIDAE, Plovers, Turnstones, and Surf-birds 



CHARADRIUS SEMIPALMATUS Bonaparte 



Semipalmated Plover 



Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 5, 

 1825, p. 98 (coast of New Jersey). 



A single specimen of this plover was observed on March 26, on the 

 shore of a point of land projecting out into the bay at Terrier Rouge, 

 Haiti, while at Beata Island, Dominican Republic, from May 10 to 

 15, a few were seen daily on the glistening beds of the salt lagoons. 

 The largest number noted in one day was eight on May 12. 



PAGOLLA WILSONIA RUFINUCHA (Ridgway) 



Rxjfous-naped Plover 



AEgialitis Wilsonius var. rufinucha Ridgway, Amer. Nat., vol. 8, Feb. 1874, p. 

 109 (Spanishtown, Jamaica). 



The rufous-naped plover was observed only on Beata Island, 

 Dominican Republic, where we found a few on the salines at the 

 north end of the island. They probably were breeding although a 

 rather hasty search failed to disclose a nest. One was collected on 

 May 12. 



In actions these plovers are like the parent species of the Atlantic 

 and Gulf coasts of North America, preferring to run rather than to 

 fly unless too closely pressed. 



OXYECHUS VOCIFERUS RUBIDUS Riley 



West Indian Killdeer 



Oxyechus vociferns rubidus Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 22, Apr. 17, 

 1909, p. 88 (Santo Domingo^Hispaniola). 



Killdeers were seen and heard regularly in the moist lowlands of 

 Haiti and of the Dominican Republic. Several were noted in the 

 region between Cap-Haitien and Terrier Rouge, March 26 to 30, and 

 as we emerged from the mountains of the Tiburon Peninsula a short 

 distance south of Camp Perrin on April 26 one flew ahead of us. 

 This was the highest elevation at which the species was observed. 

 Several were seen in the vicinity of rain-water pools in the mesquite 

 near San Juan, Dominican Republic, on May 6, and Idlldeers were 

 fairly common between that point and Azua on May 8 and 19. One 

 was noted near L'Arcahaie, Haiti, on May 23. 



