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Order GRALLATOHES: Wading Birds. 

 Suborder LIMICOL^ : Shore Birds. 



Family CHARADRIID^ : Plover. 



Subfamily CHARADRIINJi: : True Plover. 



Squatarola helvetica, (Linu.) Brehm. 



BlacJc-hellied Plover. 



Occasionally seen in Nebraska. Two that were sent to me to identify from Sarpy 

 County, in September, 1874, had their stomachs crowded with locusts, and very few 

 other insects were present. I have only seon this plover on its migrations. 



Charadrius fulvus virginicus, (Borck.) Coues. 



American Golden Plover. 



Have only seen this plover pass through Nebraska during its migrations, especially 

 on its return in autumn. I procured no specimens during locust years, but four that 

 were sent to me from Plattsmouth in October, 1873, had, among the insects, worms,, 

 etc., that crowded their stomachs, a great many grasshoppers, and no doubt they destroy 

 great numbers of these insects. 



^GiALiTis vocifera, (Linn.) Bp. 



Killdeer Plover. 



Sparingly present in Nebraska. I have examined the following specimens to ascer* 

 tain the nature of their food : 



Locality. 



Dixon County, Nebraska . . 

 do 



. ...do 



Dakota County, ^tfebraslia. 

 Wayne County, Nebraska. 



do 



Pierce County, Nebraska.. 

 Sarpy County, Nebraska . . 

 do 



Date. 



May 28,1865 



do 



June — , 



.. .. do ... 

 July—, 1869 



do 



Aujr. — 1870 

 Sept.— ,1874 

 do 



40 



Other food: 



A few grains. 



uEgiahtis semip^\xmata, (Bp.) Cab. 

 Semipal mated or Ming Plover. 



Abundant in Nebraska during its spring and fall migrations. The following are tho 

 only ones that I examined : 



M 

 a 



Locality. 



Date. 



Locusts in 

 stomaph. 



.2 



u 

 O- 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 



Dakota County, Nebraska 



May -, 1865 

 do 



Sept. — 1868 

 do 



52 

 40 



5 

 13 

 55 



59 



52 



2 



5 



do.. 



Wayne County, Nebraska 



do 





do 



do 





Sarpy County, Nebraska 



Sept. — , 1874 

 do 



58 

 54 

 60 

 51 

 49 

 59 



do 



do ; 



do 



do 



do 



8 



12 



1 



Richardson County, Nebraska 



June— ,1875 

 do 



do 







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