83 BIRDS OF OHIO. 



Moseley from Sandusky, there are specimens taken in Lo- 

 rain county, and the record of Dr. Wheaton for the vicini- 

 ty of Columbus exhaust the records. It is certainly a rare 

 migrant across the state, probably in late April. 



113. (377a.) ^GiALiTis meloda circumcincta Ridgw. 



Belted Piping Plover. 



Dr. Wheaton said of this form, in his 1883 catalogue, 

 "Mr. Ridgway describes as a geographical race of this spe- 

 cies, var. circumcinctus, from the Missouri region. To this 

 variety Mr. Nelson refers the birds taken in Illinois by him, 

 and doubtless Ohio birds are the same. But specimens of 

 circumcinctus have been taken in various localities on the 

 Atlantic coast and doubtless, as held by Mr. Brewster, the 

 variety is untenable." 



There are specimens of both forms in Ohio collections, 

 but circumcincta appears to be the more numerous. Just as 

 we go to press, Mr. W. L. Dawson, Prof. J. S. Hine and the 

 writer have found some half-dozen pairs of this form breed- 

 ing on the beach of Cedar Point, across from Sandusky, 

 near the new Lake Laboratory of the Ohio State University. 

 A set of four eggs was taken there, in an advanced state of 

 incubatioii, June 36. This form should be found breeding 

 in any suitable localities over the state. 



Family Aphrizid^. Turnstone. 



The species which is found in Ohio always occurs in 

 flocks while it is with us. I have never seen it except on the 

 lake shore, where it was gleaning among the rubbish thrown 

 up by the waves. It is a striking looking bird, easily identi- 

 fied. 



114. (383.) Arenaria interpres (Linn.). 194. 



Turnstone. 



Synonyms: Strepsilas interpres, Tringa interpres. 



Brant Bird, Calico-black, Bead Bird, Horse-foot Snipe. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 165, 184. 



