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90. Squatarola squatarola (Linn.). BLACK-BELLIED 

 PLOVER. 



A [spring] and fall migrant on the coast. Mr. William Brew- 

 ster noted it as rather common in August, at Rye Beach, some 

 years ago. 



91. Characlrius dominions Mull. AMERICAN GOLDEN 

 PLOVER. 



A rare fall migrant. According to " Samourai " ('76, p. 102) 

 they appeared at Rye Beach in 1876 on September 14. Mr. 

 William Brewster tells me of four specimens noted at Rye Beach 

 as follows: Aug. 26, 1868, two seen, one of which was shot; 

 Aug. 29, 1868, one seen; Aug. 27, 1871, one shot. 



92. ./Egialitis vocifera (Linn.). KILDEER. 



Formerly a rare migrant. Mr. William Brewster observed 

 one at Rye Beach on Aug. 31, 1868, and two at the same 

 place on Aug. 4, 1871. Though probably still of occasion- 

 al occurrence as a migrant on the coast, the only other rec- 

 ords which I have, are of its casual appearance. Thus in 

 the midst of the great storm of November 25, 1888, as writes Dr. 

 A. P. Chadbourne ('89, p. 258), quoting a letter from Mrs. 

 Celia Thaxter, they appeared at the Isles of Shoals (as elsewhere 

 along the New England coast) in great numbers. "After the 

 storm the birds gradually disappeared, except a few that re- 

 mained at favorable points for a long time. " Mr. Bradford 

 Torrey writes ('89, p. 275) that he was assured by Mrs. Thax- 

 ter that some of these birds remained at the Isles of Shoals un- 

 til the last week of February, 1889. A second accidental record 

 is of a bird shot &\. Jefferson, to the north of the White Moun- 

 tains, in December, 1893. Mr. F. B. Spaulding, to whom I am 

 indebted for this record, states that the bird was in a very ema- 

 ciated condition and evidently unable to proceed farther. 



93. ^Egialitis semipalmata Bonap. SEMIPALMATED 

 PLOVER. 



A spring and fall migrant, common coastwise, but less com- 

 mon in fall on the shores of the larger lakes and ponds. 



