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dominica, although I am not unmindful of the fact that Nelson came 

 to the opposite conclusion. According to Hartert/^ fulva is smaller, 

 having wings 164 to 175 mm. in length, as against 176 to 186 mm. in 

 dominica. The wing lengths of the present five birds are as follows : 

 Males, 165, 163 ; female, 161.5 ; unsexed, 163, 168 mm. All are, there- 

 fore, referable to fulva on the basis of size. The present specimens 

 are all very yellow on the upper parts, thereby also agreeing better 

 with fvXva than with dominica. They are all in fresh plumage. 



Nelson recorded both races from St. Lawrence Island, but in view 

 of the intermediate nature of the place I feel it would be misleading 

 to claim that there were two forms of golden plover there. It would, 

 perhaps, be more to the point to call all the St. Lawrence birds 

 intermediates between the two subspecies. 



ARENARIA INTERPRES INTERPRES (Linnaeus) 



Etjropean Turnstone 



Tringa Interpres Linnaeus, Systenia naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 148, 1758 (in 



Europa et America septentrioiiali=Islands of Gothland, Sweden). 

 Strepsilas interpres, Nelson, Birds of Bering Sea, etc.. Cruise of the Corwin, 



pp. 82, 83, 1883. 

 Arenarin interpres, Nelson, Report upon natural history collections made in 



Alaska, p. 128, 1887. 

 Arenaria interpres interpres, Bailey, Condor, vol. 28, pp. 85, SO, 1926. — Bent, 



U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 146, p. 293, 1929. 



Nelson saw a number of mated pairs with nests on St. Lawrence 

 Island the last of June, 1881. Bailey writes that a " few turnstones 

 Vvcre noted on the gravel beach in the vicinity of Gambel village, on 

 St. Lawrence Island, and Hendee found one downy young, which 

 had left the nest June 29." 



As Bailey states, the birds from Cape Halkett and from Wales. 

 Alaska, would have to be considered A. i. oaJmensis (Bloxham) if 

 that race be recognized. This is probably true also for the St. 

 Lawrence Island birds. The status of oahuensis seems doubtful, 

 however. 



ARENARIA MELANOCEPHALA (Vigors) 



Black Tukn stone 



Strepsilas melanocephalus Vigors, Zool. Journ., vol. 4, p. 356, Jan., 1829 (north- 

 west coast of [North] America). 



Arenaria melanoccphala, Nelson, Repoi-t upon natural history collections made 

 in Alaska, p. 129, 1887. 



Nelson observed this species sparingly on St. Lawrence Island. 

 No one else has recorded it since. 



"Die Vogel der palfiarktischen Fauna, vol. 2, pp. 1551, 1552. 1920. 



