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226 (274) 
227. (275) 
228 (277) 
229 (277d) 
229a (278) 
230 (280) 
231 (281) 
LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 349 
CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS. Mitt. American Golden Plover. Green 
Plover. 
Ranges from Arctic regions, where it breeds, to South America ; common 
on Atlantic coast during migrations; prefers the fields to the 
marshes. 
Genus AEGIALITIS. Bore. 
AEGIALITIS VOCIFERA. (LrINN.) Kildeer Plover. 
Ranges from Newfoundland and Manitoba, breeding throughout its 
range; common in winter from Gulf States and Carolinas to the 
West Indies and South America; as a rule not common on New 
England coast, but in November, 1888, a great flight occurred on 
shores of Massachusetts, and hundreds were killed and offered for 
sale in the Boston markets. 
AEGIALITIS SEMIPALMATA. Bonar. Semipalmated Plover. 
Ranges from Arctic regions to South America; breeding from Labrador 
northward ; common on Atlantic coast during migrations. 
AEGIALITIS HIATICULA. (LiINN.) Ring Plover. 
Old world species ; not recorded from United States ; it occurs in Green- 
land. 
AEGIALITIS MELODA. (Orv.) Piping Plover. 
From Labrador to the West Indies and South America, being a familiar 
bird on our shores; breeds from Virginia to Labrador and New- 
foundland. 
Egialitis meloda circumeincta. Ripaw. Belted Piping Plover. 
Is similar to a meloda but differs in having an unbroken black band on 
the neck forming a complete collar; breeds from northern Illinois 
northward ; migrates in winter to Gulf of Mexico. 
AEGIALITIS NIVOSA. Cass. Snowy Plover. 
Western species ; not uncommon in winter on the northwest coast of 
Florida. 
SuspGENUs OCHTHODROMUS. ReIcuH. 
AEGIALITIS WILSONIA. (ORb.) Wilson’s Plover. 
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America; on the Atlantic side from 
Long Island to the West Indies and South America; breeds from 
Virginia; southern stragglers have been taken as far north as 
Nova Scotia. 
SUBGENUS PODASOCYS. Cougs. 
AEGIALITIS MONTANA. (Towns.) Mountain Plover. 
Western species; accidental or casual in Florida, 
