246 CHARADRIID^. 



-ffigialitis dubia. LITTLE KINGED PLOVER. 



CharadrillS dubillS Scopoli, Del. Faun, et Flor. Insnbr. ii. 

 178G, p. 93 : Luzon, Philippine Is. 



^gialitis curonica (GmeL); B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 159; 



Saunderg, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 541. 

 JEgialitis dubia (Scop.); SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, 



p. 263. 



Dubia = doubtful. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. It 

 has been obtained in Middlesex, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle 

 of Wight, the Scilly Islands, and the Outer Hebrides in 

 August, October, and April. 



General Distribution. The Little Ringed Plover breeds 

 in Europe and northern and central Asia, ranging from 

 Scandinavia to the Sea of Okhotsk and southwards to 

 southern Europe, Turkestan, China, and Japan ; it also 

 nests and appears to be resident in north-west Africa. 

 It winters in Africa, India, the Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago, extending as far east as New Guinea. It is 

 accidental in western North America, from Alaska to 

 California. 



JEgialitis vocifera. KILLDEER PLOVER. 



Charadrius vociferus Linnwus, Syst. Nat, 1758, p. 150 r 

 Eastern United States. 



^gialitis vocifera (Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 160 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 545. 

 Oxyechus vociferus Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 242. 



Vocifera = that screams. From the bird's peculiar note. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. It 

 has occurred in Aberdeenshire, 18G7 ; Kent, April 1908 ; 

 Hampshire, April 1859 : and the Scilly Islands, Jan. 1885. 



General Distribution. The Killdeer Plover breeds in North 

 America, from central British Columbia and central Quebec 



