24 CHECK LIST OF THE 



Genus ACTITIS. 



110. Spotted Sandpiper. 



(Actitis macularia.) 



An abundant summer resident, breeding throughout the Province. 

 Arrives about the first of May, departs about the middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



Genus NUMENIUS. 



111. Long-billed. Curlew. 



(Numenius longirostris.) 



A very rare visitor, usually in the spring. 



1 1 2. Hudsonian Curlew. 



(Numenius hudsonicus.) 



An irregular visitor, sometimes occurring in large numbers in 

 spring, in the autumn it is rarely seen. 

 Breeds in the far north . 



113. Eskimo Curlew. 



(Numenius borealis.) 



A very rare visitor. 



Family CHARADRIID^. PLOVERS. 

 Genus SQUATAROLA. 



114. Black-bellied Plover. 



(Squatarola squatarola ) 



Common spring and autumn visitor, passing through in the spring 

 migration between the twentieth of May and the end of the first week 

 in June, they return from the north in August and remain until about 

 the middle of October. 



Breeds in the far north. 



Genus CHARADRIUS. 

 Subgenus CHARADRIUS. 



115 Golden Plover. (American Golden Plover ) 



(Charadrius dominicus.) 



I have never found the Golden Plover in Ontario in the spring. 

 Dr. C. K. Clarke informs me that it sometimes occurs near Kingston 

 at that season. 



