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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. 



Hudsonian 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 of the 

 State. 



41. Charadrius dominicus MULL. 



American Golden Plover, 



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

 in suitable localities. 



42. -flSgialitis semipalmata BONAP. 



Semipalmated Plover. 



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



43. jflSgialitis 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. 



