°'ig\g J Oberholser, Notes on N. A. Birds. 559 



Charadrius dubius curonicus Gmelin. 



The Little Ringed Plover, Charadrius dubius Scopoli, is included 

 in the North American list by reason of its supposed accidental 

 occurrence in Alaska and California. The record from California 

 is based on a specimen taken at San Francisco by Mr. E. F. Lorquin, 

 and was made the basis of Mr. Ridgway's <Egialitis microrhynchus. 1 

 This name Mr. Ridgway himself later made 2 a synonym of .'Egialitis 

 curonicus (Gmelin). This specimen is still in the United States 

 National Museum collection, where it is numbered 39523; and an 

 examination proves that it is an ultratypical example of Charadrius 

 dubius curonicus, as indicated by its very small bill. 3 



The record which at present forms the basis for the statement 

 that Charadrius dubius occurs in Alaska is that of Mr. J. E. Harting, 4 

 who, in recording the specimens obtained by Captain Collins of the 

 "Enterprise," mentioned one of this species, but without giving 

 a more definite locality than " doubtless obtained in high northern 

 latitudes." It thus can be readily seen that the assumption of 

 this specimen's Alaskan origin is quite unwarranted. There is, 

 however, a perfectly valid Alaska record, based on a specimen 

 taken on Kodiak Island and recorded as Charadrius alcxandrinus 

 Pallas. 5 Without much doubt this record should be put under 

 Charadrius dubius curonicus, and, therefore, Charadrius dubius 

 dubius should be eliminated from our North American list and 

 replaced by Charadrius dubius curonicus. 



The present species we have recently referred to the genus 

 Elseya Mathews, 6 but a more careful examination of its characters 

 proves that it does not belong in that group, but is congeneric 

 with Charadrius hiaticula Linna?us, the type of Charadrius. 



i American Naturalist, VIII, No. 2, Feb., 1874, p. 109. 



2 Baird, Brewer, and Bidgway, Water Birds of North America, I, 18S4, p. 160. 



3 Cf. Hartert and Jackson, Ibis, 1915, pp. 531-533. 

 * Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 117. 



5 Schalow, Journ. fur Ornith., 1891, p. 259. 



6 Cf. The Auk, XXXV, No. 2, April, 1918, p. 206. 



