230 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
Hab.— All of temperate North America; West Indies; Central and 
South America in winter; accidental in Europe. (Coues.) 
The latest of the southward migrants, but regular in its visits. First 
seen about the middle of November, in small flocks, which remain till 
February, attaching themselves principally to the grassy bottoms and 
moist places on the south side. Persons living on this side hear their 
sweet wild note all night. A few remain till March or even later. 
95. Afgialitis semipalmatus, (Bp.) Cab. Semipalmated or Ring Plover. 
Tringa hiaticula, Wils. 
Charadrius hiaticula, Ord., Sab., Rich. 
Charadrius (Aigialitis) hiaticula var. semipalmatus, Ridg. 
Charadrius semipalmatus, Bp., Kaup., Wagl., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Aud., Schl., 
Gray. 
Aigialitis semipalmatus, Bp., Cab., Bd., Coop. & Suck., Coues, Dress., Dall & 
Bann., Mayn., Allen. 
Aigialeus semipalmatus, Reich., Allen. 
Length, about 7.00; wing, 4.75; tail, 2.25. 
Hab.—Continent of North America, breeding chiefly in higher lati- 
tudes, wintering from our southern border to Brazil. (Coues.) 
Arrives in small numbers early in August, with the annual invading 
army of Stints and Sandpipers, remaining till October, and frequenting 
the sandy bays on the south shore, also the muddy edges of Peniston’s 
Pond. 
96. AMgialitis melodus, (Ord.) Bp. Piping Plover. 
Charadrius hiaticula, Var., Wils. 
Chradrius melodus, Ord., Bp., Nutt., Aud., Schl., Gray, Finsch. 
Charadrius (Aigialitis) melodus, Ridg. 
Aigialitis melodus, Bp., Cab., Bd., Bryant, Scl., and late authors. 
Aigialeus melodus, Allen. j 
Charadrius okeni, Wag]. 
Length, about 7.00; wing, 44; tail, 2. 
Hab.—Eastern coast of North America, Cuba, Bahama, Jamaica. 
(Coues.) 
Rare. Colonel Wedderburn shot one at Mangrove Bay in September, 
1848, and two were seen on a rocky island in Hamilton Harbor in Sep- 
tember, 1850. Mr. Bartram has one specimen. Not observed in 1874. 
Family HAUBMATOPODIDA. 
Genus STREPSILAS, Ill. 
97. Strepsilas interpres, (Linn.) Ill. Turnstone. 
Tringa interpres, Linn., Gm., Lath., Wils. 
Strepsilas interpres, Ill., Leach, Steph., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., Eyt., Keys. 
& Blas., Schl., Aud., and authors generally. 
