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  Onondaga 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Sept. 
  1886. 
  Morris 
  Green 
  

  

  Ossining, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1898. 
  A. 
  K. 
  Fisher 
  

  

  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Occasional 
  migrant. 
  David 
  Bruce 
  

  

  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  May 
  10, 
  1900. 
  (c^ 
  " 
  circumcincta") 
  . 
  George 
  F. 
  Guelf 
  

  

  Mr 
  Chapman 
  found 
  lo 
  or 
  12 
  birds 
  living 
  on 
  Gardiners 
  island 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  

   of 
  1893 
  [see 
  Bird-Lore, 
  5: 
  182], 
  and 
  Mr 
  Bruen 
  saw 
  five 
  there 
  in 
  June 
  1904 
  

   [see 
  Wilson 
  Bui. 
  50. 
  p. 
  18]. 
  In 
  1883, 
  Mr 
  Butcher, 
  with 
  Nelson 
  Verity, 
  

   hunted 
  over 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  of 
  Jones' 
  beach 
  at 
  South 
  Oyster 
  Bay, 
  for 
  nests 
  

   of 
  this 
  bird, 
  but 
  although 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  birds 
  were 
  seen, 
  no 
  eggs 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  

   On 
  May 
  30th, 
  1887, 
  he 
  found 
  a 
  pair 
  evidently 
  nesting 
  on 
  a 
  shelly 
  flat 
  at 
  

   Amit3rvrille 
  beach. 
  Mr 
  W. 
  W. 
  Worthington, 
  in 
  1900, 
  wrote 
  that 
  both 
  the 
  

   Piping 
  plover 
  and 
  the 
  belted 
  variety 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Shelter 
  island. 
  

   Specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Belted 
  piping 
  plover 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  also 
  at 
  Rockaway 
  

   and 
  on 
  Shinnecock 
  bay 
  [see 
  Eagle, 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  3: 
  94; 
  and 
  (Lawi'ence), 
  

   Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  2 
  : 
  37]. 
  This 
  variety 
  which 
  was 
  christened 
  c 
  i 
  r 
  c 
  u 
  m 
  c 
  i 
  n 
  c 
  t 
  a 
  

   by 
  Ridgway 
  is 
  now 
  regarded 
  only 
  an 
  instance 
  of 
  individual 
  variation 
  in 
  

   A 
  . 
  m 
  e 
  1 
  o 
  d 
  a 
  . 
  From 
  Butcher's 
  Notes, 
  supplemented 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  

   Worthington, 
  Helme, 
  Braislin 
  and 
  Howell, 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  the 
  Piping 
  

   plover 
  arrives 
  from 
  the 
  3d 
  to 
  the 
  24th 
  of 
  March, 
  rarely 
  appearing 
  as 
  late 
  

   as 
  the 
  12th 
  of 
  April; 
  and 
  departs 
  for 
  the 
  south 
  between 
  the 
  ist 
  and 
  the 
  

   20th 
  of 
  September. 
  Nesting 
  dates 
  range 
  from 
  the 
  3d 
  to 
  the 
  loth 
  or 
  20th 
  of 
  

   June 
  and 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  July. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  bare 
  sand 
  or 
  bits 
  of 
  

   broken 
  shells 
  and 
  pebbles, 
  are 
  four 
  in 
  number, 
  creamy 
  white, 
  sparingly 
  

   speckled 
  with 
  blackish 
  and 
  obscure 
  lilac. 
  Their 
  dimensions 
  average 
  

   1.25 
  X 
  .95 
  inches. 
  

  

  Mr 
  Langille 
  describes 
  the 
  Piping 
  plover's 
  note 
  as 
  follows: 
  "Its 
  tone 
  

   has 
  a 
  particularly 
  striking 
  and 
  musical 
  quality. 
  Queep, 
  queep, 
  queep-o, 
  or 
  

   peep, 
  peep, 
  peep-lo, 
  each 
  syllable 
  being 
  uttered 
  with 
  a 
  separate, 
  distinct, 
  

   and 
  somewhat 
  long-drawn 
  enunciation, 
  may 
  imitate 
  its 
  peculiar 
  melody, 
  the 
  

   tone 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  round, 
  full, 
  and 
  sweet, 
  reminding 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  high 
  key 
  on 
  an 
  

   Italian 
  hand 
  organ 
  or 
  the 
  hautboy 
  in 
  a 
  church 
  organ. 
  It 
  is 
  always 
  pleasing 
  

   to 
  the 
  lover 
  of 
  Nature's 
  melodies, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  still 
  air 
  of 
  the 
  evening 
  it 
  is 
  

   very 
  impressive." 
  

  

  