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18^0.—Chara(lrius dominicusfulviis Ridgw., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mas., 1880, p. 198.— Nelson, 

 Cruise Corwin, p. 84 (1883).— Turner, Auk, 188.'') ,p. V>7. 

 ?. — Cliaradrius affinis BoiE, Okeu's Isis (fide Giebel ; cfr. Bp. & Gray ; ubi ?). 



The present form is distinguished from its near American relative, 



Cli. (lominiciis Mull., which also has the asillaries smoky gray, by the 



greater brightness of the yellow color. The Asiatic Golden Plover is, 



however, the form which occurs most commonly in Alaska, occupying 



the whole shore line of Bering Sea, while the true dominicus only 



breeds in the interior and along the coast of the Arctic Ocean. The 



individuals of fulvus breeding in America migrate in winter along the 



Asiatic coasts, thus giving evidence of the way iu which the species 



once immigrated into Alaska. 



List of specimens collected. 



No. 92776.— Iris dark bazel. Bill black. Legs dark olive gray ; feet tuoro blackish. Extremely fat. 

 New feathers on the shoulders still in their sheaths. Claw of middle toe of backwards stretched legs 

 reached 15 ™™ beyond the tips of closed wings. 



No. 89070. — Iris dark brown. Bill black, olive at the angle of mouth. Feet dark bluish gray ; toes 

 more dusky. 



The Asiatic Golden Plover visits Bering Island both on going north- 

 ward in spring and southward again iu autumn, but is not known to 

 breed there, although suitable localities might easily be found; nor are 

 they numerous during the migration either, but the small flocks remain 

 in fall for a considerable time. They arrive about the middle of May, 

 coming again after the 15th of September. In 1882 the last ones were 

 observed on the 2Sth of October. ■ . 



16. .Sgialitis mongola (Pall.). 



1776. — Chcuradrins mongolns* Pall., Reuse Riiss. Reiclis, III (p. 700). — ^gialitcs m. 

 SwiNii., P. Z. S., 1870, p. 140. 



* Mongolus, a, urn adj., pertaiaing or belonging to the Mongols CMongoli, the inhab- 

 itants of Mongolia), formed in accordance witli the classic Bispanus, a, ttm, from Jlis- 

 pani, the Spaniards, and Hispania, Spain. 



