80 



breed at Anglesea {Laurent — 0. ^ 0., 1892); tliey are also occasion- 

 ally found in winter on the southern part of the New Jersey coast. 



Stragglers have been taken on the Delaware river and, perhaps, at 

 other points in the interior. 



143, JEgialitis tneloda rircumcincta Ridgw. Belted 

 Piping Plover. 



Breeding Range — Wisconsin to the Rocky Mts. 

 A straggler from the west, occuring occasionally with the preced- 

 ing species during migrations. Dr. J. A. Allen records two typical 

 specimens in the museum of Princeton College, taken at Long Beach, 

 N. J., April, 1877, by Mr. W. E. D. Scott. Two others not quite 

 typical are in the same collection, taken at the same time (Auk, 1886, 

 p. 482). 



144. JEgialitis iviJsonia (Ord.). Wilson's Plover. 



Breeding Range — Coasts of Virginia and southward. 

 Winter Distribution — Mexico and S. A. 

 Rare straggler on the New Jersey coast, where it probably bred 

 occasionally many years ago. 



The first specimens of this species ever secured were shot by 

 Alexander Wilson on " Cape Island, N. J., May 13, 1813." We 

 know of no recent captures,* although Mr. Harry G. Parker states 

 that he saw some on Seven-mile Beach in 1886 {0. Sf 0., 1886, p. 

 138> 



Family Aphrizidse — The Turnstones. 



Only one species of this family occurs in our district. 



* Some published records of this species undoubtedly refer to A. semipalmata, 

 as a great deal of confusion seems to have existed in the minds of gunners, etc., 

 regarding their specific distinction. Wilson's Plover, however, has been taken 

 recently on Long Island. 



