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Ochthodromus wilsonius (Ord) 

 Wilson Plover 



Charadrius w i 1 s o n i a Ord. Wilson's Ornithology. 1814. 9: 77, pl- 73, fig- S 



DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 211, fig. 176 

 A e g i a 1 i t i s w i 1 s o n i a A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 280 



ckhtho' dromus , Gr. 6x6<k, bank, Spojuo?, running; ■wilson'ius, in honor of 



Alexander Wilson 



Description. Bill rather long, stout; tail nearly square; upper parts 

 pale brownish gray; band on the forecrown and belt across the forebreast 



black ; loral stripe blackish ; pri- 

 maries and central tail feathers 

 blackish; frontlet, line over the 

 eye, throat, collar around the 

 neck, entire under parts, and 

 outer tail feathers white; the 

 latter marked with dusky toward 

 the ends ; nape and sides of occi- 

 put tinged with ocherous next the 

 white collar; legs flesh-colored; 

 eyelids un colored; bill black. 



Length 7.25-8 inches; wing 

 4.5-5; tail 2 ; tarsus i . i - 1 . 2 ; mid- 

 dle toe and claw .9 ; bill .8-. 9. 



The Wilson plover was never 

 common on the coast of this 

 State and although DeKay 

 speaks of it as breeding, there 

 seems to be no definite record of its nest and eggs ever having been found in 

 New York . The following are the records of its occurrence for the last 60 years : 



Flatlands, L. I. Collection of L. I. Hist. Soc. 



Penn Van, N. Y. Spring 1868. Birds Cen. N. Y. p. 30 



Rockaway, L. I. July 1, 1872. Lawrence, Forest and Stream, 10: 235 



Buffalo, X. Y. Rare migrant. Bergtold, Birds of Buffalo, 1889. p. 9 



Far Rockaway, L. L May 17, 1879. (9). Lawrence, Auk, 2: 273; Forest and Stream, 



12:348 

 Good Ground, L. L May 28, 1879. (9). Butcher, N. O. C. Bui. 4: 242; 5: 186 

 Oneida Lake, N. Y. 1880. Ralph & Bagg, Birds of Oneida County, p. 115 

 Shinnecock bay, L. L May 15, 1884. (9). Butcher, Auk, 3: 438 



Wilson plover. Ochthodromus wilsonius (Ord) 

 men in State Museum. ? nat. size 



From speci- 



