38 BIRDS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 



264. Loiig.billed Curlew ; "Sickle-bill ;" "Hen 

 Curlew" Numenius americdnus Bechstein. Now an acci- 

 dental M. [May] July 20 - Oct. 18. Marshes and grassy 

 flats. 



265. Hudsonian Curlew Numenius hudsonicus 

 Latham, Rare spring, uncommon fall M. April 10 - May 

 30 (June 8) ; June 23) July 6 - Oct. 1. Beaches and marshes. 



266. Eskimo Curlew ; Dough-bird Numenius 

 borealis (J. R. Forster). Migrant, accidental in spring, 

 rare in fall; formerly common, now nearly extinct. May; 

 July 15 - Oct. 2. Two at Newburyport, Aug. 27, 1908 C. 

 W. T. Marshes, beaches and grassy uplands. 



CHARADKIIDJE. PLOVERS. 



27O. Black-bellied Plover ; Beetle-bead ; Bull- 

 bead Squatdrola squatarola (Linne). Common M. coast* 

 wise. April 15- June 13 (25. July 8 -Nov. 16 (Dec. 

 Beaches and marshes. 



272. Golden Plover ; American Golden Plov- 

 er; Green-back ; " Green Plover ;" "Pale Belly" 

 Charddrius dominicus dominicus (Miiller). Migrant, very 

 rare in spring; now rare, but formerly common in fall, 

 along coast. (May); Aug. 12 -Nov. 2 (25. Plum Id., April 

 8, 1911. Beaches, marshes, and grassy hill-tops. 



273. Killdeer Oxyechus vociferus (Linne). Rare 

 M. and S. R.; accidental in W. Mar. 1-Dec." 15 (winter). 

 Meadows, fields, marshes, beaches. Nest on ground, in 

 fields. Eggs, May 30. 



274. Semipalmated Plover; Ring-neck 

 Aegialitis semipalmdta (Bonaparte). Common M. coast- 

 wise, especially in fall; scarce in spring; occasional inland. 

 Late April- June 14 (26); July 12 - Oct. 28. Beaches and 

 marshes. 



277. Piping Plover; Pale Ring-neck ^4. egiali- 

 tis meloda (Ord). Uncommon M. and coastwise S. R. Mar. 

 26) April 5 - Sept. 22. Sandy beaches. Nest on ground. 

 Eggs, May 10- June 14 (July). (277a. Belted Piping Plov- 

 er is no longer recognized as distinct.) 



28O, Wilson's Plover Ochthodromus wilsonius 

 (Ord). Accidental from South. Ipswich, May 8; Ply- 

 mouth; Aug. 22; sandy beaches and mud-flats. 



