318 BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES 



Middle and South Parks; found on both sides of the 

 range. 



265. Hudsonian curlew. NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. Rare 

 migrant ; all records thus far from the plains ; general 

 range, North America. 



270. Black-bellied plover. SQUATAROLA SQUATAROLA. 

 Migrant, not common ; bird of plains below 5,000 feet ; 

 breeds far north. 



272. American golden plover. CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS. 

 Migrant, not common ; same record as preceding. 



273. Killdeer. MGIALITIS VOCIFERA. Abundant sum- 

 mer resident ; arrives early in spring ; breeds most abun- 

 dantly on plains and at base of foothills, but is far from 

 rare at an altitude of 10,000 feet. 



274. Semipalmated plover. ^EGIALITIS SEMIPALMATA- 

 Migrant, not common ; breeds near the Arctic Circle. 



281. Mountain plover. ^EGIALITIS MONTANA. Common 

 summer resident ; in spite of its name, a bird of the plains 

 rather than the mountains ; yet sometimes found in parks 

 at an altitude of 8,000 and even 9*000 feet. Its numbers 

 may be estimated from the fact that in one day of August 

 a sportsman shot one hundred and twenty-six birds, though 

 why he should indulge in such wholesale slaughter the 

 author does not understand. 



283. Turnstone. ARENARIA INTERPRES. Rare migrant; 

 breeding grounds in the north ; cosmopolitan in range, but 

 chiefly along sea-coasts. 



289- Bob-white. COLINUS VIRGINIANUS. Resident ; 

 somewhat common locally ; good reason to believe that 

 all the quails of the foothills are descendants of intro- 

 duced birds, while those of the eastern border of the 



