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Genus .Egiaijtis Roie. 



122. (274). ,^o ia/i/is sc/u/pa/ma^a Bona.p. Semipalinated Plover. 

 The Semipalinated Plover is occasionally taken in Iowa during 



the migrations, but is not known to breed in the state. In Wis- 

 consin, Kunilien and Hollister state that it is a common migrant 

 during Ma}- and the first two weeks of June, and again during 

 August and Septembe'r. Numbers remain about the larger inland 

 lakes and Lake Michigan during the sununer (Birds of Wis., 



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County records: Blackhawk— "appears to be generally distrib- 

 uted over the state in spring and fall migration, but not very 

 abundant. Usually seen in small flocks in company with Kill- 

 deers, Spotted Sandpipers and other waders" (Peck). Des Moines 

 — Mus. No. 16480, August 13. 1S91; No. 16338, August 19, 1S91; 

 Burlington (Paul Bart.sch). Jefferson — "observed about Jeflferson 

 in September" (Allen, Mem. Bost. Soc, i, 1S68, 501). Johnson — 

 "secured near Iowa City last spring. Specimen in University 

 museum [Vogt's Swamp, May 27, 1892]" (Nutting, Proc. Iowa 

 Acad. Sci., 1892). Lee — "common migrant" (Praeger); "mi- 

 grant, not common" (Currier). Linn — "rare migrant" (Berry). 

 Mills-Pottawattamie — "abundant migrant" (Trostler). Winne- 

 shiek — "rare migrant; have seen it only two or three times; taken 

 May 27, 1897" (Smith). 



123. (277). .Egia/itis mcloda (Ord). Piping Plover. 



The Piping Plover is a rare migrant in Iowa. Some of the rec- 

 ords of the next variety may l)e confused with this, the only dif- 

 ference being that in .E.. m. ciraimcinda the black patches on the 

 sides of the neck coalesce in front. In Wisconsin, Kumlien and 

 Hollister state that from 1870 to 1900 more specimens were pro- 

 cured with the complete "ring" than without (lairds, of Wis., 



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C. C. Nutting reports: "Piping Plover .Egialitis meloda Ord, 

 Burlington, Iowa, Aug. 21, 1892, Paul Bartsch. This specimen 

 was killed nearer the Illinois than the Iowa side of the river and 

 is, therefore, not strictly an Iowa record" (Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci., 

 1894, 44). Wm. E. Praeger writes: "One specimen shot by my- 

 self on -August 25, 1894, Keokuk, Iowa. I have recorded it as 

 2^". but no longer have the skin; expect m\- iccord will stand." 



