COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 43 



p. 86; Gabot, B. S. N. H., iii, pp. 313, 333, 355; iv, 

 p. 346 ; iVi<i'^., Man. ii, p. 88 ; Laior., p. 292. — Omit- 

 ted from Sam. 0. 0.) 



Ibis rubra Vieill. — Scarlet Ibis. Nos. 990, 991, from 

 Brazil. The claims of this species to a place in the Fauna 

 of the United States rest upon insufficient evidence. 



The White Ibis (/. alba) sometimes strays along the 

 coast to Xew York (Lawr., p. 292), and may reach New 

 England . 



CHARADRIID^E. 



Charadrius Virginicus Borck. — Golden Plover. Spring 



and autumn migrant. Abundant. 



Xo. 1014, youug. Essex Co. 



No. 1015. Cape Cod, Mass. S. Jillson, Sept., 1854. 



^gialitis vociferus Cass. — Kildeer Plover. Summer 

 resident ; common, but somewhat irregularly distributed. 



^gialitis semijxdmatus Cab. — Ring Plover. Spring 

 and autumn migrant. Usually abundant. A few prob- 

 ably breed. 



No. 1016. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 

 No. 1018. 



^gialitis melodus Cab. — Piping Plover. Summer 

 resident. Many breed on the islands and along the coast. 

 Most abundant, however, during its migrations. 



No. 1017, $. Essex Co. Dr. H. K. Oliver, 1853. 



^gialitis Wilsonius Cass. — Wilson's Plover. Appears 

 to be rather rare, and perhaps only occasional, as far 

 north as jMassachusetts. I do not find it recorded from 

 Maine. Dr. Brewer's authority for its abundance at 

 Nahant, in August, 1838, is the one usually quoted. 

 Samuels, however, says (p. 11) "common in spring and 

 fall," which is at variance with the statements of most 

 observers. Recorded from Stratford, Ct. {Lms.,p. 265.) 

 The species really belongs to a more southern region. 



Squatarola helvetica Cuvier. - — Black-bellied Plover. 

 Spring and autumn migrant. Not ordinarily very abun- 

 dant. 



No. 1008. Spring. Essex Co. A. Houghton, 1830. 

 No. 1010. Fall. 

 No. 1011. Winter. " 



No. 1012, $, young. Cape Cod, Mass. S. Jillson, Sept. 1854. 



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