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124 ~2<>B >-M>). Niimeniiis borealis (Forst.). ESKIMO CURLKW. 



Exceedingly rare; one specimen reported by Dr. M. Gibbs; admitted doubtfully by 

 Dr. J. B. Steere; Benj. Syke. of Kalamazoo, records one as late as Oct. 28; migrant: 

 gregarious; about marshes; excellent for table. 



FAMILY CHARADRIID^E. PLOVERS. 



* 



Feed on insects, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.; eggs usually dark and spotted: some 

 species valuable as game birds. 



GENUS CHAIt. \DRIUS LINN. 



Black-bellied Plover, natural size. 



1SJ5-27O (58O). < huradrius squatarola (Linn.}. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVEI.-; BULL- 

 HEAD. 



Rare; migrant; A. H. Boies reports it from Lena wee and Hillsdale counties; " Mon- 

 roe Co." (Jerome Trombley); "once as late as Oct. 20'* (Dr. M. Gibbs): "Keweenaw 

 Point" (Kneeland); "a regular migrant along the Great Lakes, Superior included'' 

 (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). 



Golden Plover, in fall or winter, reduced. 



