18 BIRDS OF KANSAS. 



B. 551. R. 560. C. 646. G. 263. U. 266. 



96. Numenius borealis (FOEST.). Eskimo Curlew. Migratory; abundant. Ar- 

 rive the last of March to middle of April. 



FAMILY CHARADRIIDJE. PLOVERS. 



GENUS CHARADBIUS LINNAEUS. 

 SUBGENUS SQUATAROLA CUVIER. 



B. 510. R. 513. C. 580. G. 235. U. 270. 



97. Charadrius squatarola (LINN.). Black-bellied Plover. Migratory; rare. 

 Arrive in April. 



SUBGENUS CHARADRIUS LINN.EUS. 



B. 503. R. 515. C. 581. G. 236. U. 272. 



98. Charadrius dominicus MULL. American Golden Plover. Migratory; abun- 

 ant. Arrive about the first of April. 



GENUS JEG-IALITIS BOIE. 



SUBGENUS OXYECHUS REICHENBACH. 



B. 504. R. 516. C. 584. G. 237. U. 273. 



99. ^glalitis vocifera (LINN.). Killdeer. Summer resident; abundant. Arrive 

 early in the spring; I have often seen the birds in February. Begin laying the 

 last of April. Nest on the dry ground, in a small depression, usually beneath a 

 bunch of grass or weeds, in the vicinity of streams arid pools of water, lined spar- 

 ingly with bits of old grass or weeds, chiefly about the edge. Eggs, usually 

 four; 1.45x1.05; buff to drab white, spotted and blotched with umber and blackish 

 brown, thickest about large end; pyriform in shape, very obtuse at large end 

 and sharply pointed at the other. 



SUBGENUS uEGIALITIS BOIE. 



B. 507. R. 517. C. 586. G. 238. U. 274. 



100. .^Eglalitis semipalmata BONAP. Semipalmated Plover. Migratory; not 

 uncommon. Dr. Lewis Watson reports seeing a small flock at Ellis, and Mr. 

 V. L. Kellogg and Mr. A. L. Bennett both report seeing several small flocks, 

 and the captnre of a pair April 25th, 1885, at Emporia. 



SUBGENUS PODASOCYS COUES. 



B. 505. R. 523. C. 592. G. 239. U. 281. 



101. JEgialitis montana (TOWNS.). Mountain Plover. Summer resident in 

 western to middle Kansas; common. Arrive about the middle of April. Begin 

 laying early in May. Nest in a depression on the ground, lined sparingly with 

 the leaves of grasses. Eggs, two to four; 1.45x1.10; deep olive to brownish 

 drab, sprinkled with fine dots of blackish brown and neutral tints; pyriform in 

 shape, but not so sharply pointed as other species of this genus. 



