ORDER LIMICOL^:. IOI 



[B 507, C 399, R 517, C 586.] 



GEOG. DIST. Arctic and subarctic America, migrating south 

 throughout tropical America, as far as Brazil, Peru, and the Gala- 

 pagos. 



275. -ffigialitis hiaticula (LINN.). 



Ring Plover. 



Charadrius hiaticula LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 150. 

 ^Egialitis hiaticula BOIE, I sis, 1822, 558. 



[B , C R 5 i8, C 5 8 9 .] 



GEOG. DIST. Northern parts of the Old World and portions of 

 Arctic America, breeding on the west shore of Cumberland Gulf. 



[276.] ^EJgialitis dubia (Scop.). 



Uttle Ring Plover. 



Charadrius dubius SCOPOLI, Delic. F. et Fl. Insubr. II. 1786, 93. 

 sEgialites dubius SWINH. P. Z. S. 1871, 404. 



[B , C 400 bis, R 519, C 590.] 



GEOG. DIST. Most of the eastern hemisphere, breeding northward. 

 Accidental on the coast of California and in Alaska. 



277. JEgialitis meloda (ORD). 



Piping Plover. 



Charadrius melodus ORD, ed. WILS. VII. 1824, 71. 

 sEgialites melodus BONAP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 45. 



[B 508, C 4 oo, R 5 2o, C 5 87.] 



GEOG. DIST. Eastern North America, breeding from the coast of 

 Virginia northward to Newfoundland ; in winter, West Indies. 



2770. JEgialitis meloda circumcincta RIDGW. 



Belted Piping Plover. 



^Egialitis melodus var. circumcinctus RIDGW. Am. Nat. VIII. 

 Feb. 1874, 109. 



[B , C 4000, R 5200, C 588.] 



GEOG. DIST. Mississippi Valley, breeding from northern Illinois 

 north to Lake Winnipeg ; more or less frequent eastward to the 

 Atlantic coast. 



