LIST OK TIIK BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 349 



A. (>. U. 

 NO. 



224 i'll-I) CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS. Mull: American Golden Plover. Green 



Plover. 



Ranges from Arctic regions, wliere it breeds, to South America ; common 

 on Atlantic coast during migrations ; prefers the fields to the 

 marshes. 



Genus /EQIALITIS. Boie. 



225 (273) /EGIALITIS VOCIFERA. (Linn.) Kildeer Plover. 



Ranges from Newfoundland and jManitoba, breeding throughout its 

 range ; common in winter from Gulf States and Carolinas to the 

 West Indies and South America ; as a rule not common on New 

 England coast, but in November, 1888, a great flight occurred on 

 shores of Massachusetts, and hundreds were killed and offered for 

 sale in the Boston markets. 



226 (274) /EQIALITIS SEMIPALMATA. Bonap. Semipalmated Plover. 



Ranges from Arctic regions to South America ; breeding from Labrador 

 northward ; common on Atlantic coast during migrations. 



227 (275) /EQIALITIS HIATICULA. (Lmx.) Ring Plover. 



Old world species ; not recorded from United States ; it occurs in Green- 

 laud. 



228 (277) /EQIALITIS MELODA. (Ord.) Piping Plover. 



From Labrador to the West Indies and South America, being a familiar 

 bird on our shores ; breeds from Virginia to Labrador and New- 

 foundland. 



229 (277o) ^-Egkditis meloda circumcincta. Ridgw. Belted Piping Plover. 



Is similar to a meloda but differs in having an unbroken black band on 

 the neck forming a complete collar ; breeds from northern Illinois 

 northward ; migrates in winter to Gulf of Mexico. 

 229a (278) EQIALITIS NIVOSA. Cass. Snowy Plover. 



Western species ; not uncommon in winter ou the northwest coast of 

 Florida. 



Subgenus OCHTHODROMUS. Reich. 



230 (280) /EQIALITIS WILSONIA. (Ord.) Wilson's Plover. 



Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America ; on the Atlantic side from 

 Long Island to the West Indies and South America ; breeds from 

 Virginia ; southern stragglers have been taken as far north as 

 Nova Scotia. 



Subgenus PODASOCYS. Coues. 



231 (281) /EQIALITIS MONTANA. (Towns.) Mountain Plover. 



Western species ; accidental or casual in Florida. 



