ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES 33 



May; August 12 to October 2.7 (November 19). 



Bristol County : "Uncommon transient visitant." Cohasset: "Rare 

 in fall." Dedham : Recorded. Essex County : " May, and August to 

 November. Abundant." Ipswich : " Not uncommon transient visitant/' 

 Nantucket : " Formerly abundant, now rare." Springfield : " Rare au- 

 tumn visitor." Templeton : "Rare migrant." Wellesley : "Occasional 

 on lake shores, marshes, etc." 



62. ^gialitis wilsoni (Ord). WILSON'S PLOVER. 

 Accidental from the south. Although early writers include this 



species as " abundant at Nahant in August, 1838 " on the 

 authority of Dr. Brewer, the latter refuted the statement. The 

 only tenable record is : Gernet Pt., [not in Conn, as originally pub- 

 lished] one was shot on August 22, 1877, by Mr. Arthur S. 

 Fiske. 1 



63. ./Egialitis vocifera (Linn.). KILLDEER PLOVEK, 



An uncommon spring and autumn migrant, and a rare local 

 summer resident, breeding at Martha's Vineyard, Taunton and 

 Springfield. A very unusual flight occurred along the New Eng- 

 land coast in November, 1888, when numbers were blown north- 

 ward by a hurricane. Many of these birds remained throughout 

 the winter that season. 



March i to November 28. 



Amherst : " Occasional, by the Connecticut, but very rare in Am- 

 herst." Berkshire : " Formerly common, now very rare." Bristol 

 County : "Uncommon transient visitant. Rare summer visitant." Cam- 

 bridge : " Accidental visitant. Two instances, September." Cohasset : 

 " Very rare or accidental in fall." Dedham : "Taken at West Dedham." 

 Essex County : "April and August. Rare." Ipswich : " Rare." Nan- 

 tucket : " Formerly abundant, now rare." Springfield : " A rare summer 

 resident." Common August, 1899. Wellesley : " Rare in spring and 

 fall." 



64. /Egialitis semipalmata Bonap. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. 

 A common spring and abundant autumn migrant on the coast. 



Occasional inland. 



Last of April to June ; July 12 to October 28. 



Berkshire: "Rare transient visitant." Bristol County: "Common 

 transient visitant." Brookline : " One record, August." Cambridge : 



1 Coues; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, No. I, Jan., 1882, pp. 58-59. 



