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37. Numenius longirostris WILS. 



Long-billed Curlew. 



A transient visitor ; in northwestern Ohio possibly an occasional summer resident. 



38. Numenius hudsonicus LATH. 



Hud simian Curlew. 



A transient visitor ; rare in the State. 



39. Numenius borealis (FORST.). 



Eskimo Curlew. 



A transient visitor ; seemingly of rare occurrence in Ohio. 



FAMILY CHARADRIID^E. 



40. Charadrius squatarola (LINN.). 



Black-bellied Plover. 



Apparently not a common species, but occurring sometimes in the interior ofj;he 

 State. 



41. Charadrius dominicus MULL. 



American Golden Plover, 



An abundant transient in Ohio, being found during migration in large numbers 

 in suitable localities. 



42. ^gialitis semipalmata BONAP. 



Semi pal mated Plover. 



Common transient visitor ; according to Wheaton, most numerous in the fall. 



43. ^Sgialitis meloda circumcincta RIDGW. 



Belted Piping Plover. 



A summer resident probably only on Lake Erie ; a tolerably common transient 

 elsewhere in the State. This, the Mississippi Valley form, seems more likely to occur 

 here than sEgialitis meloda from the Atlantic Coast ; but no Ohio specimens have 

 been examined. 



