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124 2<>(> (<»4<>). Xuiiieuiiis borealis (Fors/.). Eskimo Cuklkw. 



Exceedingly rare; one specimen reported by Dr. M. Gibbs; admitted doubtfully l>y 

 Dr. J. B. Steere; Benj. Syke. of Kalamazoo, records one as late as Oct. "JS; mi<iiant: 

 grejfarious; about marshes; excellent for table. 



Pamiia CHARADRIII).^. Plovers. 



Feed on insects, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.; eggs usually dark and spotted: some 

 species valuable as game birds. 



Genus ("HAItADRIUS Lixn. 



HIack-bellied Plover, natural size. 



12*"»-270 (5S<>). Charadriiis sciiiatarola (Xmji.). lii.ACK-uKLi.iKD Plovki:: Bull- 

 head. 



Rare; migrant; .\. H. Boies reports it from Lenawee and Hillsdale counties; " Mon- 

 roe Co." (Jerome Trombley); "once as late as Oct. 20 "' (Dr. M. (iibbs); "Keweenaw 

 Poirt" (Kneeland); "a regular migrant along the Great Lakes, Su})eri()r included" 

 (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). 



(loldea Plover, in fall or winter, reduced. 



