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The semipalmated plover frequents muddy flats often with flocks 

 of other shorebirds but is so small and quiet that it is frequently 

 overlooked. From the few records available it appears to be present 

 from September to May. 



This species is ver}^ small and is marked by dark brown color 

 above and white below, with a dark band across the breast, this 

 being black or brownish gray according to season or age. In flight 

 a band of white is shown in the wing. It measures from 165 to 

 190 mm. in length, with the wing 114 to 127 mm. 



PAGOLLA WILSONIA RUFINUCHA (Ridgway) 

 EUFOUS-NAPED PIOVER, PLAYEEO, TITIRE DE PLAYA, BECASSINE 



JEgialitis Wilsonius, var. rufinucha Ridgway, Ainer. Nat., vol. 8, February, 

 1874, p. 109 (Spanishtown, Jamaica). 



JEgialitis wilsonius, Cory, Birds Haiti and San Domingo, Dec, 1884, p. 143 

 (Port-au-Prince) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 95 (Haiti, Dominican 

 Republic).— Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 322 (listed). 



2Eglalitis wilsoni, Verrill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, p. 356 

 (Samana). 



Pagolla wilsonia wilsonia, Ridgway, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 50, vol. 8, 1919, 

 p. 110 (Samana). 



Pagolla wilsonia rufinucha, Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, 

 p. 405 (Monte Cristi, Gaspar Hernandez). — Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 495 (Port-de-Paix, Fort Liberte, Gonave, and 

 Tortue Islands). 



Ochthodromus wilsonius rufiniiclius, Danfoeth, Auk, 1929, p. 363 (Monte 

 Cristi, Les Salines, Gonave). 



Probably resident; local. 



Verrill reported this plover from Samana where he said that it 

 was common. Peters says that these birds are found along the 

 north coast wherever the beach is sufficiently wide to allow a margin 

 of dry sand above high-water mark. He secured specimens at Monte 

 Cristi and Gaspar Hernandez and remarks that birds taken at the 

 latter point March 14 appeared to be paired. Hartert informs us 

 that there are six in the Tring Museum, a male and two females, 

 collected by Kaempfer at the mouth of the Yuna River September 

 3, 6, and 27, 1922, and a male and two females taken by Verrill at 

 Samana February 2, 4, and 6, 1907. Danforth found them common 

 near Monte Cristi the summer of 1927 and secured four specimens. 



There are more records of occurrence for Haiti, probably because 

 of more extended field work in the coastal region. At Caracol, on 

 the north coast, Wetmore found them common on an open playa 

 near the landing. The birds here showed some agitation and were 

 believed to be on their breeding grounds. Abbott secured adults 

 at the fitang Saumatre on March 6, 1918 and April 9, 1920, and took 



