84 NOETH AMEKICAN SHOKEBIKDS. 



While the greater number of golden plover migrate across the 

 Atlantic, a few pass south in the fall through the interior of North 

 America. The first arrival from the north noted near Fort Churchill, 

 Keewatin, in 1900, was on August 4 (Preble). Other dates of fall 

 arrival in the interior are: Moose Factory, Ontaria, September 8, 1860 

 (Drexler) ; Aweme, Manitoba, average September 9, earliest August 

 10,1 904 (Criddle); Lincoln,Nebr.,September22, 1900(Wolcott); near 

 Toronto, Ontario, August 31, 1891 (Nash), September 1, 1898 (Nash); 

 Point Pelee, Ontario, September 15, 1905 (Swales), September 19, 

 1906 (Taverner); Chicago, 111., average September 12, earliest Sep- 

 tember 10, 1898 (Gault); Bay St. Louis, Miss., September 26, 1899 

 (Allison); San Jos#, Costa Rica, October 20, 1890 (Cherrie). Prob- 

 ably these Mississippi Valley fall birds are the ones that are fairly 

 common in Peru from September to November (Sclater and Salvin) 

 and that were noted in October at Arica, Chile (MacFarlane). 



The form of the golden plover that breeds on the northern and 

 northwestern coasts of Alaska does not seem to migrate along the 

 western coast of Alaska, but passes in general east to Mackenzie. A 

 few individuals migrate southeast and occur in the fall as rare strag- 

 lers on the Pacific slope: Sitka, Alaska, August 16, 1896 (Grinnell); 

 Chilliwack, British Columbia, August 26, 1889 (Brooks); Port 

 Townsend, Wash., September 9, 1897 (Fisher); Santa Cruz, Calif., 

 October 22, 1888 (McGregor) ; San Jos6 del Cabo, Lower California, 

 October 18, 1887 (Brewster). 



The golden plover does not remain late in the north. The last 

 seen on the breeding grounds at Point Barrow, Alaska, were noted 

 August 28, 1882 (Murdoch), and August 20, 1897 (Stone). Some 

 other dates of late occurrence are : Great Bear Lake, September 6, 

 1903 (Preble) ; Fort Simpson, September 10, 1860 (Ross) ; Edmonton, 

 Alberta, September 23, 1894 (Lorjng) ; Indian Head, Saskatchewan, 

 .October 2, 1904 (Lang); Aweme, Manitoba, average October 14, 

 latest October 16, 1901 (Criddle) ; near Fort Pierre, S. Dak., October 

 21, 1855 (Cassin); Fort Sherman, Idaho, abundant September 

 15-20, 1896 (Merrill); Newcastle, Colo., October 5, 1902 (Bishop); 

 Lincoln, Nebr., November 14, 1899 (Wolcott); Lanesboro, Minn., 

 November 2, 1889 (Hvoslef); southern Iowa, average October 27, 

 latest November 9, 1895 (Currier); Chicago, 111., average October 

 11, latest October 28, 1895 (Blackwelder) ; English Lake, Ind., 

 November 9, 1891, November 15, 1892 (Butler); Ottawa, Ontario, 

 October 31, 1906 (White); city of Quebec, Canada, November 10, 

 1890 (Dionne); San Jos6, Costa Rica, December 15, 1890 (Cherrie). 



The golden plover is one of the shorebirds that has diminished 

 most markedly during the last twenty years. Formerly it was 

 enormously abundant, and many are the accounts of the countless 

 flocks that passed in an almost continuous stream across the Gulf of 



