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1 2O-272 (58 1 i. Charadrius dominions Milll. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER; GREEN 



BACK. 



Common; throughout the state; April and Oct.; migrant. This bird is not men- 

 tioned by Dr. H. A. Atkins, but it has been taken here repeatedly; Mr. Jerome Trom- 

 bley reports it as a common migrant near Lake Erie; " large flocks appeared at Lan- 

 sing in Sept.. 1890. and many were killed" (J. E. Nichols); taken at Plymouth by J. B. 

 Purdy; " Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "common transient in the autumn, but rarely 

 seen in spring, often in large flocks, most abundant about Sept. 28. in Kalamazoo Co." 

 (Dr. M. Gibbs). 



GENUS *GIALITIS BOIE. 



Killdeer, nat oral size. 



127 27*5-(584). .Kirialitis vocifera (Linn.}. *KILLDEER; KILLDEER PLOVER; RING 



PLOVER. 



Very abundant; throughout the entire state; common from March to Dec.; often 

 seen in winter; valuable as a destroyer of insects; our most common plover; frequents 

 gardens, pastures and roadsides; "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "occasional at Iron 

 Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds: nests often as early as March, on the ground, 

 usually on a knoll, in gardens and pastures; eggs four, yellowish white, spotted with 

 dark brown. Dr. Brownell writes me that the eggs are always arranged in the form of 

 a cross with the small or pointed ends towards, the center. 



128-274 (58<>). Jigialitis semipalmata Bonap. *SEMIPALMATED PLOVER; RING 



PLOVER: RING NECK. 



Common; migrant; May and Sept.; Jerome Trombley has taken it in Monroe Co.; 

 ''Upper Peninsula'' (A. H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point'' (Kneeland): taken by J. B. 

 Purdy at Plymouth; " common at Morrice " (Dr. W. C. Brownell); said to be a summer 

 resident north. We have taken this bird here at the college in early spring. Dr. 

 Atkins reports taking one at Locke Aug. 19, 1884; -'northern part of Indiana'' (Butler's 

 Birds of Indiana). 



1 29-27 7-(587). .K^ialitis meloda (Ord). PIPING PLOVER; PIPING RING PLOVER. 



Rather rare; migrant; " rare migrant in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); " I have 

 shot it as a migrant in Allegan Co." (S. E. White); embraced in the lists of Hughes, 

 Boies. Covert and Gibbs. These notes may refer to the next species. 



