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100. 265. Numenius hudsonicys (Lath.) Hudsonian Curlew. A rare wi- 
grant.’ Found in nearly all parts of America, breeding from the northern part of 
the United States to the arctic coast. Winters mostly south of the United States. 
Snow, 1872, on authority of Baird. 
101. 266. Numenius borealis (Forst.) Eskimo Curlew. Anabundant migrant, 
but rarely seen in fall migration. They belong rather to eastern North America, 
breeding far northward; south in winter to Patagonia. Allen, 1872, in Ameri- 
ean Naturalist. But Doctor Allen says that the record was made in error; con- 
sequently, the earliest authentic record of its occurrence in Kansas becomes 
Benson, 1874, Forest and Stream, vol. 2. : 
102. 270. Charadrius squatarola (Linn.) Black-bellied Plover. A rare 
migrant. They range over both continents, but mostly in the northern hemis- 
phere. They breed in the far north and winter near the equator. Snow, 1872, 
on authority of Baird. 
103. 272. Charadrius dominicus (Miill.) American Golden Plover. A com- 
mon migrant. Range the greater part of America; breed in the arctic regions; 
winter south to Patagonia. Not common west of the Rocky mountains. Abert, 
1848. 
104. 273. A®gialitis vocifera (Linn.) Kill-deer. A common summer resi- 
dent; abundant in migration. Inhabits all of temperate North America; breed- 
ing throughout this range. During the winter it retires south to the Gulf coast, 
California, Mexico, and beyond. Arrives from the south very early in the 
spring. Abert, 1848. 
105. 274. AXgialitis semipalmata (Bonap.) Semipalmated Plover. Migra- 
tory; not very common. Ranges through all of North America, breeding far 
oer: Winters from California and the Gulf coast south to Brazil. Snow, 
(2. 
106. 277a. AMgialitis meloda circumcincta (Kidw.) Belted, Piping Plover. 
Migratory; rare. They range over the Mississippi valley north to Winnipeg. 
Breed from Nebraska northward. Snow, 1872, on authority of Baird. Colonel 
Goss had no record of their actual capture in Kansas. 
107. 278. A#gialitis nivosa (Cass.) Snowy Plover. A summer resident in 
southwestern Kansas. A western species, ranging north to northern California 
and east to Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Winters in South America. Goss, 
1886. Taken by him on the south line of Comanche county. ‘‘Auk,”’’ vol. ITT, 
p. 409. 
108. 281. AMgialitis montana (Towns.) Mountain Plover. A common sum- 
mer resident in the western half of the state. Belongs to western North America, 
ranging east to middle Kansas, Texas, and Dakota, and north to British America. 
Breeds on the plains. Winters in the southern United States and southward. 
Allen, 1872. 5 
109. 289. Colinus virginianus (Linn.) Bob-white. Resident; abundant in 
the eastern half of the state and becoming more plentiful westward. A bird of 
the eastern United States, ranging west to Dakota, Kansas, and Texas. Say 
found them on the Arkansas river (Long’s Report, 1823), but it is possible that 
his birds may have been the next form. Maximilian, 1839, and Parkman, 1849, 
reported them in eastern Kansas. 
110. 289b. Colinus virginianus texanus (Lawr.) Texas Bob-white. Resi- 
dent; possibly still occurs in southwestern Kansas. Inhabits northeastern Mex- 
