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162 (280) Ochthodromus wilsonius wilsonius (Ord) 
WILSON PLOVER 
Synonyms 
Aegialitis wilsoma; Charadrius wilsoni. 
Status—Rare visitant southerly. Recorded from ‘‘California’’ several 
times, as by Seebohm (Geog. Dist. Charadriidae, 1887, p. 154). But only one 
definite record: adult male specimen (now in Grinnell coll.) taken at Pacific 
Beach, San Diego County, June 29, 1894 (Ingersoll, Nidiologist, 1, 1895, p. 87). 
163 (281) Podasocys montanus (Townsend) 
MountTAIn PLOVER 
Synonyms—A egialitis montana; Eudromias montanus; Charadrius mon- 
tanus; Aegialitis asiaticus var. montanus; Rocky Mountain Plover. 
Status—Fairly common as a winter visitant to the San Joaquin and Saera- 
mento valleys: recorded north to Marysville (Belding, Proe. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 1, 
1879, p. 440), west to Concord, Contra Costa County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), Oak- 
land (Belding, MS), and Paicines, San Benito County (J. and J. W. Mailliard, 
Condor, 11, 1901, p. 121) ; also in the San Diegan district from Saticoy, Ventura 
County (J. G. Cooper, Auk, tv, 1887, p. 91), southeast to Santa Ana (J. Grinnell, 
Pac. Coast Avif. no. 3, 1902, p. 28), Riverside (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and San Diego 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.). Noted casually on San Clemente Island (Breninger, Auk, 
xxl, 1904, p. 222). 
164 (282) Aphriza virgata (Gmelin) 
SURF-BIRD 
Synonym—Strepsilas virgata. 
Status—Fairly common spring and fall migrant, appearing chiefly on 
rocky portions of the seashore. Recorded from the following stations: Bodega 
Bay (Belding, MS) ; Farallon Islands, June (Heermann, Pace. R. R. Rep., x, 1859, 
p. 64; H. B. Kaeding, Condor, v, 1903, p. 127) ; Berkeley, October 24 (Cooke, U. 
S. Biol. Surv., Bull. no. 35, 1910, p. 95) ; Santa Cruz, April (J. and J. W. Mail- 
lard, MS) ; vicinity of Monterey, May and August (Loomis, Proce. Calif. Acad. 
Sci., 2nd ser., v, 1895, p. 224; Beck, Proce. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 
mt, 1910, p. 71); San Miguel and San Nicolas islands (Willett, 
Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 41); Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Island 
(Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Bds. N. Amer., 1, 1884, p. 127; Henshaw, 
Rep. Wheeler Sury., 1876, p. 270) ; Santa Barbara, September 16 (Bowles and 
Howell, Condor, xtv, 1912, p. 11) ; Santa Barbara, May 3 (Dawson, Condor, xv, 
1912, p. 224; cbid., xv, 1913, p. 5); Pacific Beach, San Diego County, Septem- 
ber (Bishop, Condor, vir, 1905, p. 141). Also near Monterey, January 12 (two 
specimens in Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
165 (283a) Arenaria interpres morinella (Linnaeus) 
Ruppy TUuRNSTONE 
Synonyms—Arenaria interpres; Arenaria morinella; Strepsilas interpres. 
Status—Fairly common as a spring and fall migrant along the seacoast and 
