1887.] Cory on the. Birds of the West Indies. 227 



ing numerous hair-like lines on the surface of the plumage; legs 

 and feet greenish yellow ; upper mandible black; under mandible 

 green at the base, shading into black al the tip. 



Tbc sexes appear to be similar. 



Length, 14.50; wing, 8.50; tail, 3.75; tarsus, 3.75; bill. 1.50. 

 Habitat. San Dominsro. 



Family CIIARADRIID^. 

 (iENUs Charadrius Linn. 



C// ara dri its LiNN/Ei>s. Syst. Nat. 1, 10th cd. p. 150, 1758; ib. i2tb ed. p. 

 2 53. 1766. 



Charadrius dominicus Mull. 



Charadrius dominicus Mull. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 116 (1776). — Cassin, 

 Pr. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila. 1804, p. 241 (Jamaica).— A. t V E. Newton, 

 Handb. Jamaica, p. 115 (1881). — Cory, List Bds. W.I. p. 25(1885). 

 —Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 7 (1886). 



Charadrius virginianus Gossf., Bds. Jam. p. 333 (1S47). — GuNDL. f. f. O. 

 1S56, p. 423 (Cuba). — A. & E. Newton, Ibis. 1859, p. 255 (St. 

 Croix). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. [864, p. 66 (Jamaica ). — 

 Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. ■ Cuba, I, p. 358 (1866). — Lawr. Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. VIII, p. 98 (1867) (Sombrero).— Gundl. J. ('. (). 1875, 

 p. 332 (Cuba)-— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 67 (1878) (Do- 

 minica); ib. p. 197 (St. Vincent); ib. p. 238 (Antigua); ib. p. 241 

 (Barbuda) ; ib. p. 276 (Grenada) ; ib. p. 461 (Gaudeloupe). — Gundl. 

 Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 3S1 (1S7S) (Porto Rico). 



Charadrius inarmoratns Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 105 (1850)- — Brewer, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 30S (i860) (Cuba). 



Charadrius virginiacus Albrecht, J. f. (). 1S62, p. 205 (Jamaica). 



Charadrius pluvialis Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869. p. 588 (Si. 

 Bartholomew). 



Charadrius pluvialis a mcrica uus SUNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869. 



p. 602 (Porto Rico). 

 Charadrius fulvus var. virginiacus Cory ', Bds. Bahama I. p. 14s (1886). 

 Antilles in Winter. 



Charadrius squatarola (Linn.). 



Tringa squatarola Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 10th ed. p. 149 (1758); ib. 12th cd 



p. 252 (1766). 

 Tringa helvetica Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 250 (1766). 

 Vain llus st/iialarolus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 242 



(1S40). 



