18 BIBDS OF KANSAS. 



B. 551. R. 560. C. 646. G. 263. U. 266. 



96. Numenius borealis (Fobst.). Eskimo Curlew. Migratory; abundant. Ar- 

 rive the last of March to middle of April. 



Family CHARADRIIDiE. Plovers. 



Genus CHARADRIUS LiNNa:us. 

 SuBtiENis SQUATAROLA Cuviee. 



B. 510. R. 513. C. 580. G. 235. U. 270. 



97. Charadrius squatarola (Linn.). Black-bellied Plover. Migratory; rare. 

 Arrive in April. 



Si'BGENis CHARADRIUS Linnaeus. 



B. 503. R. 5*15. C. 581. G. 236. U. 272, 



98. Charadrius dominicus Mull. American Golden Plover. Migratory; abun- 

 ant. Arrive about the first of April. 



Genus ^GIALITIS Boie. 



Subgenus OXYECHUS Reiciienbach. 



B. 504. R. 516. C. 584. G. 287. U. 273. 



99. -i^gialitis vocifera ( Linn.). Killdeer. Summer resident; abundant. Arrive 

 early in the spring; I have often seen the birds in February. Begin laying the 

 last of April. Nest on the dry ground, in a small depression, usually beneath a 

 bunch of grass or weeds, in the vicinity of streams and pools of water, lined spar- 

 ingly with bits of old grass or weeds, chiefly about the edge. Eggs, usually 

 four; 1.45x1.05; buff to drab white, spotted and blotched with umber and blackish 

 brown, thickest about large end; pyriform in shape, very obtuse at large end 

 and sharply pointed at the other. 



Subgenus .^GIALITIS Boie. 



B. 507. R. 517. C. 586. G. 238. U. 274. 



100. ^gialitis semipalmata Bonap. Semipalmated Plover. Migratory; not 

 uncommon. Dr. Lewis Watson reports seeing a small flock at Ellis, and Mr. 

 V. L. Kellogg and Mr. A. L. Bennett both report seeing several small flocks, 

 and the capture of a pair April 25th, 1885, at Emporia. 



Subgenus PODASOCYS Coues. 



B. 505. R. 523. C. 592. G. 239. U. 281. 



101. ^gialitis montana ( Towns.). Mountain Plover. Summer resident in 

 western to middle Kansas; common. Arrive about the middle of April. Begin 

 laying early in May. Nest in a depression on the ground, lined sparingly with 

 the leaves of grasses. Eggs, two to four; 1.45x1.10; deep olive to brownish 

 drab, sprinkled with fine dots of blackish brown and neutral tints; pyriform in 

 shape, but not so sharply pointed as other species of this genus. 



