LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 349 



A. O. U. 



NO. 



224 (272) CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS. Mull. American Golden Plover. Green 



Plover. 



Ranges from Arctic regions, where it breeds, to South America ; common 

 on Atlantic coast during migrations ; prefers the fields to the 

 marshes. 



Genus >EQIALITIS. Boie. 



225 (273) /EQIALITIS VOCIFERA. (Linn.) Kildeer Plover. 



Ranges from Newfoundland and Manitoba, breeding throughout its 

 range ; common in winter from Gulf States and Carolinas to the 

 West Indies and South America ; as a rule not common on New 

 England coast, but in November, 1888, a great flight occurred on 

 shores of Massachusetts, and hundreds were killed and offered for 

 sale in the Boston markets. 



226 (274) ^EQIALITIS SEMIPALMATA. Bonap. Semi pal mated Plover. 



Ranges from Arctic regious to South America ; breeding from Labrador 

 northward; common on Atlantic coast during migrations. 



227 (275) /EGIALITIS HIATICULA. (Linn.) Ring Plover. 



Old world species ; not recorded from United States ; it occurs in Green- 

 land. 



228 (277) /EGIALITIS MELODA. (Ord.) Piping Plover. 



From Labrador to the West Indies and South America, being a familiar 

 bird on our shores ; breeds from Virginia to Labrador and New- 

 foundland. 



229 (277a) JEgialitis ineloda circmncincia. Ridgw. Belted Piping Plover. 



Is similar to a meloda but differs in having an unbroken black band on 

 the neck forming a complete collar; breeds from northern Illinois 

 northward ; migrates in winter to Gulf of Mexico. 

 229a (278) /EGIALITIS NIVOSA. Cass. Snowy Plover. 



Western species ; not uncommon in winter on the northwest coast of 

 Florida. 



Subgenus OCHTHODROMUS. Eeich. 



230 (280) /EGIALITIS WILSONIA. (Okd.) Wilson's Plover. 



Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America ; on the Atlantic side from 

 Long Island to the West Indies and South America ; breeds from 

 Virginia ; southern stragglers have been taken as far north as 

 Nova Scotia. 



Subgenus PODASOCYS. Coues. 



231 (381) /EGIALITIS MONTANA. (Towns.) Mountain Plover. 



Western species ; accidental or casual in Florida. 



