EATON BIRDS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. 3! 



Family CHARADRIIDAE. Plovers. 



270. Squatarola squatarola (Linn.) Black-bellied plover. 



Transient visitant ; fairly common in the autumn, irregular in the 

 spring. May 20 June 10 ; Aug. 20 Oct. 12, Found on the shores 



of lakes and streams. 



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272. Charadrius dominicus Mull. American golden plover. 



Transient visitant ; fairly common in fall ; rare in spring. Aug. 

 15 Oct. 15. Frequents muddy and sandy shores. 



2 73- Aegialitis vocifera (Linn.) Killdeer. 



Summer resident ; abundant ; March 10 Nov. 15. Frequents 

 pastures, shores of streams, ponds and lakes. Nest, in slight hollow 

 in meadow or pasture, often long distances from water ; April 15 

 May 20 ; eggs 4. Beneficial. 



274. Aegialitis semipalmata Bonap. Semipalmated plover. 



Transient visitant ; fairly common in the fall. Aug. 20 Sept. 

 25. Uncommon in spring. Found on sandy or marshy shores. 



277. Aegialitis meloda (Ord) Piping plover. 



Transient visitant ; accidental. Owasco Lake, Auburn, 1876 

 Auburn List, p. 30. Lockport, Aug. 20, 1885 J. L. Davison. 



280. Aegialitis wilsonia (Ord) Wilson's plover. 



Summer visitant ; accidental. Penn Yan, spring, 1868 Auburn 

 List, p. 30. Oneida Lake, 1880 Ralph & Bagg List, p. 115. 



Family APHRIZIDAE. Surf birds and turnstones. 



283. Arenaria interpres (Linn.) Turnstone. 



Transient visitant; fairly common in spring. May 15 June 10. 



This bird is known as the ' ' black heart ' ' on Canandaigua Lake, 

 where it sometimes occurs in large flocks. Uncommon in autumn. 



Order GALLINAE. Gallinaceous birds. 

 Family TETRAONIDAE. Grouse, Partridges, etc. 



289. Colinus virginianus (Linn.) Bob- white. 



Resident; fairly common, except in the colder, hilly and 

 mountainous districts. Found in thickets, meadows and hedgerows. 

 Occurs in bevies of 10-30, after the breeding season is ended. Nest, 

 concealed in the grass, often at the foot of a small bush ; May 25 June 

 15; eggs 10-20. 



