86 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



LIMICOLAE. 



CHARADRIIDAE. 



164. Charadrius dominicus Miiller. 



American golden plover; Bullhead; Frost-bird; Greenback; 

 Greenhead; Green plover; Muddy breast; Pale belly; 

 Pale breast; Three toes; Toad-head. 



MiilL, Linne's Vollstand. natursyst., suppl., 1776, p. 116. "St. 

 Domingo." 



Charadrius marmoratus Wagl. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, 

 vol. 5, p. 203, pi. 316. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 125, pi. 39, fig. 5. 



Beaches, marshes, and open hilltops; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Formerly common, now rare fall migrant coastwise. 

 Aug. 12-Nov. 15. 



N. H. — Rare migrant coastwise. (May) ; Aug. 26-mid-Oct. 



Vt. — Rare migrant: Lunenburg. 



Mass. — Very rare spring, and formerly common but now rare 

 fall migrant coastwise. (May); Aug. 12-Nov. 2 (Nov. 19; Nov. 

 25, 1908, Ipswich). 



R. I. — Migrant, formerly rare in spring and common in fall 

 coastwise; now very rare. (May); Aug. 14-Oct. 25. 



Conn. — Formerly common migrant, now rare; mainly coast- 

 wise. Oct. 24. 



165. OxYECHUS vociFERUS (Linne) Reichenbach. 

 Killdeer. 



Charadrius vociferus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, 

 p. 150. "in America SEPTENTRiONALi." 



Aegialitis vocifera (Linne). Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. 

 Amer., 1895, p. 173; Bird-life, 1898, pi. 11. Egg, Capen, 1886, 

 pi. 18, figs. 8, 9. 



Meadows, fields, and marshes; less often on beaches; nests on 

 the ground. 



Me. — Rare migrant and accidental visitor. Aug. 17-Oct. 24 

 (Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 1888). 



