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form of this bird from that of southeastern North America. Accord- 

 ing to Barbour this plover is an uncommon resident in Cuba. Two 

 others shot at the same locality were made into skeletons. In Haiti 

 specimens of this bird were obtained at Grand-Boucan on April 9, 

 and on Grande Cayemite on April 13. 



OXYECHUS VOCIFERUS RUBmUS Riley 



West Indian Killdeer 



Oxyechns vociferus ruhidus Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 22, Apr. 

 • 17, 1909, p. 88 (Hispaniola). 



A female, representative of the resident race of killdeer, was taken 

 at Petit Trou de Nippes on April 9. This specimen is very small, 

 having a wing measurement of only liT.l mm. Another collected 

 at the same time was preserved as a skeleton. 



SQUATAROLA SQUATAROLA CYNOSURAE Thayer and Bangs 



American Black-bellied Plover 



Squatarola squatarola cynosurae Thayek and Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. 

 Club, vol. 5, Apr. 9, 1914, p. 23 (Baillie Island, Arctic America). 



A female still in winter plumage was shot above the mouth of the 

 Rio Gibara, near Gibara, Cuba, on February 25, and a male in full 

 winter dress was obtained at Grand-Boucan on April 9. 



ARENARIA INTERPRES MORINELLA (Linnaeus) 



Rl'ddy Turnstone 



Tringa Morinella Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1. 17GG, p. 249 (coast of 

 Georgia ) . 



One obtained on Bug Island, near Corail, Haiti, on April 18, was 

 preserved in alcohol. 



Family SCOLOPACIDAE, Woodcock, Snipe, and Sandpipers 



ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linnaeus) 



Spotted Sandpiper 



Tringa macularia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249 (Penn- 

 sylvania). 



Skeletons were obtained near the mouth of the Gibara River, Cuba, 

 on February 24, and at Cayo Grande de Moa on March 4. 



A female in full breeding plumage was collected on lie a Vache, 

 Haiti, on May 6. The date is rather late for this migrant from 

 the north. 



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