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279. Mongolian Plover. 
Egiahtis mongola (PALL.) SWINH. 1870. 
This handsome addition to the Plovers of North America was 
made by the captain of the ship Plover, during his visit to Kotze- 
bue Sound, in the summer of 1849, when he secured two speci- 
mens upon Choris Peninsula. It is a common summer resident 
on the Commander Islands where it was found breeding by 
Stejenger. (JVe/son.) 
BREEDING NoteEs.— Nests of this bird were found by Stejenger 
early in June. A nest was found on June 4th and contained three 
eggs. It was in a hollow between the stems of four specimens of 
Angelica archangelica and lined with dry fragments of leaves and 
stems of the same plant. 
280. Wilson’s Plover. 
Eeviahtis wilsonta (ORD) Bonar. 1838. 
Casual north to Nova Scotia. (A. O. U. List.) 
281. Mountain Plover. 
Ggialitis montana (Towns.) Cass. 1858. 
Chiefly the plains, from Central Kansas to the Rocky Moun- 
tains, north to the British Boundary, breeding from Kansas 
northward. (A. 0O.U. List.) Dr. Elliott Coues found this species 
at the mouth of Frenchman River and westward to near the 
Sweet-Grass Hills in July, 1874. In June, 1895, the writer was 
on Frenchman River, Assa., for many miles and did not see a 
trace of the bird so that lat. 49° must be close to its northern 
limit. 
Famity XXIII. APHRIZIDAG, Surr-Birps AND TuRNSTONES. 
C. APHRIZA Auvpuson, 1839. 
282. Surf Bird. 
Aphnza virgata (GMEL) GRAY. 1847. 
Four specimens of this bird were taken in the vicinity of Sitka 
by Bischoff. It is a wide-spread Pacific species, occurring only 
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