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May 5, and Vermilion, May 8; North Dakota, Harrisburg, May 23, 

 and St. Thomas, May 29; Manitoba, Shoal Lake, May 15, and Kil- 

 larney. May 25; and Saskatchewan, Indian Head, May 14, Qu'Ap- 

 pelle. May 23, and Lake Johnston, May 23. 



Late dates of spring departure are : Florida, Amelia Island, April 

 20, Daytona Beach, May 1, and Peninsula Point, May 11 ; and South 

 Carolina, SuUivans Island, May 11, and Mount Pleasant, May 18. 



Fall migration. — Early dates of arrival in the fall are: Texas, 

 Rockport, August 12, and St. Joseph Island, August 14; Mississippi, 

 Bay St. Louis, August 29 ; South Carolina, Mount Pleasant, August 

 2; Florida, New Smyrna, July 15, Fernandina, August 3, and Day- 

 tona, August 10; and xilabama, Dauphin Island, August 16. 



Late dates of fall departure are: Manitoba, Shoal Lake, Sep- 

 tember 7; South Dakota, Forestburg, September 24; Nebraska, Bell- 

 wood, September 19, and Doss, September 24; Iowa, Grinnell, Oc- 

 tober 28; Ontario, Point Pelee, September 22, Michigan, Newbury, 

 September 18; Ohio, Cleveland, September 24, Painesville, Septem- 

 ber 26, and Port Clinton, September 28; Indiana, La Fayette, 

 September 18; Prince Edward Island, North River, October 20; 

 Nova Scotia, Pictou, October 8; Vermont, Bennington, October 2; 

 Massachusetts, Lynn, October 3, Dennis, October 12, and Boston, 

 October 26; Rhode Island, Block Island, October 24; New York, 

 Fair Haven Light, September 28, and Long Beach, November 7 

 (exceptionally late date); New Jersey, Cape May, September 13: 

 and Pennsylvania, Erie, September 26. 



Casual records. — The piping plover has been detected outside of 

 its regular range on very few occasions. A specimen in the British 

 Museum from the Lake of the Woods, Ontario, may indicate breed- 

 ing in that locality. One was obtained at Cheyenne, Wyo., on May 

 30, 1892. 



Egg dates. — Quebec and New Brunswick: 55 records, June 1 to 

 29; 28 records, June 5 to 18. New England to New Jersey: 48 

 records, May 22 to June 29 ; 24 records, May 28 to June 23. Dakotas : 

 13 records. May 26 to July 1 ; 7 records, May 28 to June 6. 



CHARADRIUS NIVOSUS NIVOSUS (Cassin) 

 SNOWY PLOVER 



HABITS 



The charming little snowy plover of the Pacific coast is the coun- 

 terpart of our familiar piping plover, found in similar haunts, per- 

 haps even tamer and more confiding, but not equal to our eastern 

 bird in melody of voice. It is a child of the sand, with which its 

 colors blend so well that when crouched in some hollow or against 



