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Geoc. Dist.— Arctic and subarctic America, migrating south 
throughout tropical America, as far as Brazil, Peru, and the Gala- 
pagos. 
275, AGgialitis hiaticula (Liny.). 
Ring Plover. 
Charadrius hiaticula Linn. S. N. ed. to, I. 1758, 150. 
Atgialitis hiaticula Bork, Isis, 1822, 558. 
es, CLR yeC\esag 
Geroc. Dist.— Northern parts of the Old World and portions of 
Arctic America, breeding on the west shore of Cumberland Gulf. 
(276.] AGigialitis dubia (Scop.). 
Little Ring Plover. 
Charadrius dubtus Scopout, Delic. F. et Fl. Insubr. II. 1786, 93. 
Aigialites dubius SwIinu. P. Z. 8. 1871, 404. 
[B—, C 400 bis, R 519, C 590.| 
Geroc. Dist.— Most of the eastern hemisphere, breeding northward. 
Accidental on the coast of California and in Alaska. 
277. Aigialitis meloda (Orp). 
Piping Plover. 
Charadrius melodus ORD, ed. Wits. VII. 1824, 71. 
gialites melodus Bonar. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 45. 
[B 508, C 400, R 520, C 587. ] 
Geroc. Dist.— Eastern North America, breeding from the coast of 
Virginia northward to Newfoundland ; in winter, West Indies. 
277 a. Aigialitis meloda circumcincta Ripcw. 
Belted Piping Plover. 
Aigialitis melodus var. circumcinctus Ripcw. Am. Nat. VIII. 
Feb. 1874, 109. 
[B—, C 4oo0a, R 5204, C 588.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Mississippi Valley, breeding from northern Illinois 
north to Lake Winnipeg; more or less frequent eastward to the 
Atlantic coast. 
