1 62 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



SUBGENUS JBGIALITIS BOIE. 



JEgialitis BOIE, I sis, 1822, 558. Type, by elimination, Charadrius 

 hiaticula LINN. 



274. .ZEgialitis semipalmata BONAP. 



Semipalmated Plover. 



jEgialites semipalmatits>Q^PJ?. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 45. 

 [B 507, C 399, R 517, C 586.] 



HAB. Arctic and subarctic America, migrating south throughout 

 tropical America, as far as Brazil and Peru. 



275. .ffigialitis hiaticula (LINN.). 



Ring Plover. 



Charadrius hiaticula LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 150. 

 jEgialitis hiaticula BOIE, Isis, 1822, 558. 



[B C , R S i8, C 5 8 9 .] 



HAB. Northern parts of the Old World and portions of Arctic 

 America, breeding on the west shore of Cumberland Gulf. 



[276.] ^Bgialitis dubia (Scop.). 



Little King Plover. 



Charadrius dubius SCOPOLI, Delic. F. et Fl. Insubr. II. 1786, 93. 

 AZgialites dubius WALDEN, Trans. Zool. Soc. VIII. ii. 1872, 89. 



[B , C 400 to, R 519,0 590.] 



HAB. Most of the Eastern Hemisphere, breeding northward. Ac- 

 cidental on the coast of California and in Alaska. 



277. .ffigialitis meloda (ORD). 



Piping Plover. 



Charadrius melodies ORD, ed. WILS. VII. 1824, 71. 

 AZgialites melodus BONAP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 45. 



[B 508, C 400, R 520, C 587.] 



HAB. Eastern Province of North America, breeding from the coast 

 of Virginia (at least formerly) northward ; in winter, West Indies. 



