CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 47 



^Egialitis dubia. 



LITTLE RING PLOVER. 



Mr. FANNIN reports taking this species on Vancouver Island. 



^gialitis meloda. 



PIPING PLOVER. 



This species is reported as breeding abundantly on the 

 Magdalene Islands by Mr. CORY, and Prof. McKAY has found it 

 breeding near Pictou, N. S. ; it is said to breed, also, on the 

 islands in the Bay of Fundy, though it is seen in that vicinity 

 but occasionally. MC!LWRAITH has met with it in Ontario on 

 two occasions only, though THOMPSON considers it a common 

 migrant near Toronto, and SAUNDERS found it breeding at Point 

 Pelee. It has been seen along the shores of Lake Manitoba and 

 Lake Winnipeg. Winters in the West Indies. 



^gialitis nivosa. 



SNOWY PLOVER. 



Mr. FANNIN has taken this species at the mouth of the 

 Fraser River in winter; and Mr. THOMPSON reports that one 

 specimen was shot by Mr. I. FORMAN, near Toronto, in May, 1880. 



^Egialitis wilsonia. 



WILSON'S PLOVER. 



Col. Goss reports shooting one of these birds at Brier Island, 

 N. S., on April 28, 1880. Mr. THOMPSON reports it a very rare 

 bird near Toronto, but Mr. MORDEN gives it as a regular visitor 

 to the vicinity of Hyde Park, Ontario. 



