i;lO Tf{F Wit SOX Bui.t.etix— Xo. r.S 



74. y iiDiciiiiis iniicricdiiiis. — Loiis-billecl Curlew. 



I find this card reference: "1 speciinen. July 20, "00. Rice." 

 There i.'^ probably no doubt that the liird recorded was a curlew, 

 but since the Ontario specimens are mostly Iludsonian, there may 

 be a reasonable doubt as to the species. 



7.1. StiiKitinold •s'/»(//r//o/«.--r>hicl':-bellied I'lover. 



The only positive records are May 10 and 18, 1908, near the Lake 

 Laboratory on the beach. This certainly cannot prove that this 

 sjjecies is accidental in the region. It is possible that there is no 

 line of flight for the migrations across the region, and therefore any 

 specimens found are wanderers from the line of flight. 



7t!. ('iKirrtdrliis (loiiiiincnx. — fJolden I'lover. 



There are a nmnber of scattering records for the Oberlin quad- 

 rangle, but no migration dates can be assigned. When found the 

 birds are in ojien jiasture fields in small flocks. There has been a 

 iiiar]<i'd diniinutiou in numbers in tlie last twenty .vears. 



77. O.rj/ecliiiH rod ferns. — Killdeer. 



A coninion sunnner resident. It Itelongs witli the first wave of 

 migration and leaves only with the advent of winter. In late sum- 

 mer it is fre(iuently seen in fioclvS of from half a dozen to tift.v in- 

 dividuals, but at other times it does not flock. It is only occasion- 

 ally seen on the lake beach, but rather fre<iuents small ponds which 

 have a shallow border. The favorite nesting place hereabouts is a 

 plowed field, ' preferably fall idowing. Nests have been found in 

 pastures and meadows. In straightaway flight the actions of a 

 Hock soiiK'wliat resemble pigeons in flight. In fact, more than once 

 1 have had an elderly man who bad been familiar with the Passen- 

 ger Pigeons in their jialuiy days remark, upon seeing a consider- 

 ■•ilile flock of these birds. "There goes a tlock of Pigeons." On sev- 

 eral occasions of peculiarly favorable conditions for migration in 

 si)ring I have seen great nmn])ers of Killdeers migrating parallel 

 to the lake shore, and .always eastward all day long. It appeared 

 that the lake had diverted the stream of migration from the north- 

 wai'd direction, and the birds were seeking a land passage. Many 

 tliat struck out boldly for the Ontario shore soon returned and 

 joined the eastward moving liost. I have never been at the island 

 route at the limes when tliese lurds are migrating. 



7s. .Kii'niHtis NeiiiiixiliiKihi. — Semi])almated Plover. 



.Ml i-ecoi'ds ai-e scattering. Three were noted May 14. thirteen 

 May 1C>. and seven May 1'.). liM).-,: live May 14. IIMIC: two May l.". 

 1!>()7: none In tlie sjiriiig of llios and 1!M)!). One on September 4 

 and 11. 1.S!I7 : one on Scptemliei' !i ;ind 14. 1S'.>!l; two on September 

 8, 1'.)(14; one on July 8. and one on October 21. 1!M>7; one on July 

 21, 1908. All of these are lake beach records, the July records at 



