SEMIPALMATED PLOVER 225 



found at this season on the shores of the Southern and Gulf States 

 earning their living in pursuit of their small prey. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Rcmge. — North and South America. 



Breeding range. — The breeding range of the semipalmated plover 

 extends north to Alaska (Morzhovia Bay, Hooper Bay, and the Col- 

 ville delta) ; northern Mackenzie (Mackenzie delta, Lower Anderson 

 River, Franklin Bay, Horton River, and Bernard Harbor) ; Keewa- 

 tin (Whale Point) ; Franklin (Annanostook and Kingnite Fjord) ; 

 Victoria Land; Bafiin Island; and western Greenland (Disco). East 

 to western Greenland (Disco); Labrador (Port Burwell, Okak, and 

 Tessiujaksoak) ; Newfoundland (Straits of Belle Isle) ; eastern Que- 

 bec (Upper Hamilton River, Wapitagun Island, Magdalen Islands, 

 and Mingan Islands); and Nova Scotia (Sable Island). South to 

 Nova Scotia (Sable Island and Yarmouth County) ; probably rarely 

 New Brunswick (Grand Manan) ; northern Ontario (Moose Fac- 

 tory) ; Manitoba (Hayes River and Fort Churchill) ; southern Mack- 

 enzie (Artillery Lake) ; Yukon (Lake Marsh) ; and British Colum- 

 bia (Graham Island). West to British Columbia (Graham Island) ; 

 and Alaska (Berg Bay, Glacier Bay, and Morzhovia Bay). 



In common with several other shore birds, nonbreeders remain 

 throughout the summer in southern latitudes. At this season they 

 have been taken or observed south to Venezuela (Margarita Island), 

 Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica, the West Indies, and Jalisco (Ocot- 

 lan), while they frequently are fairly common on the coasts of the 

 United States and at points in the interior, Ohio (Lakeside and 

 Oberlin), and Michigan (Detroit). 



Kumlien and Hollister report obtaining young not yet able to fly 

 at Lake Koshkonong, Wis., but if their identification was correct, 

 this record must be considered accidental. The species also has been 

 reported in summer from eastern Siberia (East Cape), where it 

 may breed. 



'Winter range. — The winter range extends north to California 

 (rarely Palo Alto) ; Texas (Brownsville and Corpus Christi) ; Loui- 

 siana (State Game Preserve) ; Mississippi (Biloxi) ; probably Ala- 

 bama (Coffee Island) ; South Carolina (Dewees Island) ; and Ber- 

 muda (Somerset). East to Bermuda (Somerset); South Carolina 

 (Port Royal) ; Georgia (Savannah, Blackbeard Island, and Darien) ; 

 Florida (Amelia Island, Mayport, Daytona, Mosquito Inlet, Upper 

 Metacurqbe Key, and Key West) ; the Bahama Islands (Abaco, New 

 Providence, Watling Island, and Great Inagua) ; Haiti (Monte 

 Cristi, and Samana) ; Porto Rico; the Lesser Antilles (Anegada, 

 Sombrero Key, St. Bartholomew, Carriacou, and Trinidad) ; Guiana 



