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 NUMENIUS Buissox. 



122. Long-billed Curlew. 



Xiimoiiiis Imigirostris (Wils.)- 



A few specimens have been taken on the coast, but is to be more frequently 

 met with in the interior of the Mainland, south through the Okanagan. 



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123. Hudsonian Curlew. / 



Wumeiiius hudsonictts (Lath.). / 



Not common, but distributed along the coast of Island and Mainland. I 

 have taken it at Clayoquot in May, 1894. W. B. Anderson has taken it at 

 Port Simpson, and J. Maynard at Cadboro Bay, near Victoria. 



Family CHARADRIID^. Ploveks, Etc. L 



CHARADRIUS Linn.eus. [r 



124. Black-bellied Plover. / 



Cliaradr'ms squatarola (Linn.). 



Abundcxnt during migrations along the coast. Brooks has taken it at 

 Chilli whack and Okanagan. I 



125. American Golden Plover. ^ 



Charadrius doniinicus (Mull.). 



Common on the coast during migrations. Brooks has taken it at Chilli- 

 whack and Okanagan. Rev. J. H. Keen n^ports it connnon at Metlakatla. 

 W. B. Anderson has taken it at Port Simpson. 



.EGIALITIS BoiE. 



126. Killdeer Plover. 



jEgialitis vocifera (Linn.). 



Found throughout the Province ; occasionally on the coast in winter. 

 Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



127. Semipalmated Plover. 



uEgialitis semipalmata (Bo nap.). 



Not common. I took two specimens on the West Coast, Vancouver 

 Island — one at Ucluelet, April 28th, 1894, the other at Clayoijuot, May, 

 1894. A. H. Maynard shot one at Cadboro Bay, Victoiia. 



