THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 153 

 PLUVIALIS DOMINICUS DOMINICUS (Miiller) 

 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, CHORLITO, PLUVIAL, PLUVIER DORE 



Charadrius dominicus Muixer, Natursyst. Suppl., 1776, p. 116 (Santo Do- 

 mingo=Hispaniola) . 



Pluvier Dore, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., vol 8, 1781, p. 84 ("Saint-Doiningue").— 

 Descourtilz, Voy. Nat, vol. 2, 1809, pp. 209-211, (Haiti). 



Pluvialis Dominicensis aureus Brisson, Ornith., vol. 5, 1760, pp. 48-51, pi. 6, 

 fig. 1 (" S. Dorningue"). 



Charadrius pluvialis, Bitter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 

 157 (listed). 



Pluvialis dominicus dominicus, Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 

 1929, p. 312 (San Juan, specimens). 



Migrant. 



The scientific name for the present species is based on le pluvier 

 dore de S. Domingue of Brisson, who informs us that his description 

 is taken from a specimen sent to M. de Reaumur by Chervain. Des- 

 courtilz speaks of the pluvier dore as common and says that they 

 come to wet fields to feed and are very tame. Abbott reported them 

 common at the Etang Saumatre in early March, 1918. Ciferri col- 

 lected three at the Sabana San Thome, near San Juan, September 

 18, 1928. Further than this there is no record of the species at 

 present. It may occur regularly in migration though this is as jet 

 uncertain. 



The golden plover is similar in size to the black-bellied plover, 

 and is distinguished by lack of a hind toe. 



SQUATAROLA SQUATAROLA CYNOSURAE Thayer and Bangs 



AMERICAN BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, PLUVIAL 



Squatarola squatarola cynosurae Thayer and Bangs, Proc. New England 

 Zool. Club, vol. 5, April 9, 1914, p. 23 (Baillie Island, Arctic America). — 

 Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, p. 404 (Monte Cristi, Rio San 

 Juan).— Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 496 (Port- 

 de-Paix).— Danforth, Auk, 1929, pp. 363-364 (Monte Cristi; St. Louis, Les 

 Salines, Gonave Island). 



Found during winter; abundance, from available data, uncertain. 



The only records for the Dominican Republic are those of Peters 

 (the first to record the species in Hispaniola) who observed a flock 

 of about twenty near Monte Cristi February 18, and two others west 

 of the mouth of the Rio San Juan March 4, 1916, Abbott, who found 

 the species at Lake Enriquillo October 1 to 6, 1919, and Danforth, 

 who saw a few at Monte Cristi June 24 and 27, and August 5, 1927. 

 In Haiti Abbott collected a female in winter dress at Baie des Mous- 

 tiques May 7, 1917, and saw black-bellied plovers early in March, 

 1918 at the liltang Saumatre. Wetmore observed half a dozen near 



