52 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



A common autumn migrant throughout the state but seemingly 

 not occurring in the spring. This absence of the species in spring 

 is due to their seeking their northern breeding grounds by a differ- 

 ent route from that pursued in their journey southward. 



County Records. — Aadroscoggia, "fairly common migrant'' (.Tohuson) 

 Cumberland, "common" (Brock); Kennebec, Dill); Knox, (Rackliff) 

 Oxford, (given in Verrill's List of the Birds of Norway) ; Penobscot 

 "common some falls and rare others" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "migrant" 

 (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "rare in fall"' (Spinney) ; Somerset, "two speci- 

 mens shot by H. H. Johnson, September 10, 1894" (Morrell); Washing- 

 ton, "not very common" (Boardman) ; York, (Butters). 



Genus ^GIALITIS Boie. 

 Subgenus OXYECHUS Reichenbach. 



128. (273). iEgialitis vocifera (/^mn. ) . Killdeer. 



A very rare migrant throughout the state, but still of such com- 

 paratively frequent occurrence as to prevent its being called 

 accidental. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, (Pike) ; Cumberland, "rare' 

 (Brock) ; Knox, "rare migrant" (Rackliff) ; Penobscot, "used to occur 

 here forty years ago" (Hardy) ; Piscataquis, "rare" (Homer) ; Sagada- 

 hoc, "very scarce in fall" (Spinney) ; Washington, "accidental" (Board- 

 man) . 



Subgenus ^gialitis Boie. 



129. (274). ^gialitis semipalmata Bonap. Semipalmated 

 Plover. 



A very common migrant along the coast and of fairly common 

 occurrence in the interior. A few individuals remain all summer 

 along the coast but they do not breed in the state. They are com- 

 monly called Ring Necks by hunters. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, "fairlj' common migrant" (Johnson) ; 

 Cumberland, "common" (Brock) ; Hancock, "common in migrations, T 

 saw a flock of four individuals at Saddleback Ledge on June 22d, 1896'' 

 (Knight) ; Kennebec, (Dill) ; Knox, "summer" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, 

 "occurs at Lake Umbagog" (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. ,5, p. 

 60) ; Penobscot, "taken at Stillwater b}' John Lord" (Knight) ; Sagada- 

 hoc, "common in August" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "one shot August 10th, 

 1894" (Morrell) ; Washington, "common in summer'* (Boardman). 



130. (277). JEgialitis meloda (Ord). Piping Plover. 

 Formerly a rare summer resident along our coast, probably still 



occurs in limited numbers. Its rarity is proved b}' the fact that 



