24 CHECK LIST OF THE st 
Genus ACTITIS. 
110. Spotted Sandpiper. 
(Actitis macularia.) 
An abundant summer resident, breeding throughout the Province, 
Arrives about the first of May, departs about the middle of Sep- 
tember. 
Genus NUMENIUS. 
111. Long-billed Curlew. 
(Numenius longirostris.) 
A very rare visitor, usually in the spring. 
112. Hudsonian Curlew. 
(Numenius hudsonicus. ) 
An irregular visitor, sometimes occurring in large numbers in 
spring, in the autumn it is rarely seen. 
Breeds in the far north. 
113. Eskimo Curlew. 
(Numenius borealis.) 
A very rare visitor. 
Famity CHARADRIID. PLOVERS. 
GENUS SQUATAROLA. 
114. Black-bellied Plover. 
(Squatarola squatarola, ) 
Common spring and autumn visitor, passing through in the spring 
migration between the twentieth of May and the end of the first week 
in June, they return from the north in August and remain until about 
the middle of October. 
Breeds in the far north. 
Genus CHARADRIUS. 
SuspacEnus CHARADRIUS. 
115 Golden Plover. (American Golden Plover ) 
(Charadrius dominicus.) 
I have never found the Golden Plover in Ontario in the spring. 
Dr. C. K. Clarke informs me that it sometimes occurs near Kingston 
at that season. 
