88 NOETH AMEEICAN SHOEEBIBDS. 



Variety Mills, Va., April 12, 1886 (Micklem) ; Laurel, Md., just hatch- 

 ing April 24, 1897 ; Erie, Pa., April 7, 1888 (Todd) ; Canandaigua, N. Y., 

 April 23, 1879 (Howey); Bloomington, Ind., April 12, 1903 (McAtee); 

 Kingston, Ontario, May 1, 1905 (Beaupre); Eagle Pass, Tex., March 

 18, 1884 (Negley) ; Corvallis, Oreg., downy young late April (Wood- 

 cock); Tacoma, Wash., April 14, 1908 (Bowles) ; Edmonton, Alberta, 

 eggs May 19, 1897 (Macoun). 



FaU migration. — The few records of fall arrival south of the breed- 

 ing range show that the killdeer is one of the late migrants. It was 

 noted in Porto Rico, October 18, 1899, and October 7, 1900 (Bowdiah) ; 

 San Jos6, Costa Rica, October 15, 1891 (Cherrie) ; and on the coast of 

 Peru, October 24, 1867 (Sclater and Salvin). 



The last noted in southern British Columbia was November 28, 

 1888 (Brooks); Aweme, Manitoba, average September 23, latest 

 September 30, 1901 (Criddle); Onaga, Kans., average October 22, 

 latest November 8, 1896 (Crevecoeur) ; Lincoln, Nebr., latest Novem- 

 ber 18, 1900 (Wolcott); Delavan, Wis., November 6, 1894 (Hollister); 

 southern Iowa, average November 10, latest December 25, 1886 

 (Houghton) ; Chicago, 111., average October 21, latest November 13, 

 1885 (Holmes); southern Michigan, average November 1, latest 

 November 13, 1891 (Alexander); Ottawa, Ontario, average Septem- 

 ber 11, latest October 16, 1905 (White); southern Ontario, average 

 October 19, latest November 10, 1900 (Saunders); Wauseon, Ohio, 

 average November 9, latest November 23, 1891 (Mikesel) ; Waterloo, 

 Ind., average November 7, latest November 21, 1905 (Link); Mon- 

 treal, Canada, September 1, 1895 (Wintle); Phillips, Me., October 24, 

 1905 (Sweet); Block Island, R. I., November 5, 1889 (Dodge); 

 Branchport, N. Y., November 29, 1896 (Stone); Suffield, Conn., 

 November 16, 1887 (Smith); Erie, Pa., November 26, 1891 (Todd); 

 Berwyn, Pa., average November 3, latest November 22, 1886 (Burns) ; 

 Bloomington, Ind., December 12, 1885 (McAtee); St. Louis, Mo., 

 December 18, 1887 (Widmann). 



[Santo Domingo Killdeer. Oxyechus vodferus torquatus (Linn.). 



The Santo Domingo killdeer is the resident form of the West Indies, breeding in 

 Cuba, the Isle of Pines, Jamaica, and Haiti, and probably also in Porto Rico.] 



Semipaltnated Plover. Mgialitis semipalmata (Bonap.). 

 Breeding range. — The present known summer home of the semi- 

 palmated plover extends north to Cumberland Sound (Kumlien), 

 Melville Peninsula (Parry), Wellington Channel (Greely), and Melville 

 Island (Parry). The occurrence of the species at these two latter 

 places, latitude about 75° N., makes it probable that it occurs equally 

 far north on the western side .of Baffin Bay. It is common on the 

 arctic coast of America as far west as the mouth of the Mackenzie 

 (MacFarlane). Thence westward it seems to be rare on the northern 

 coast of Alaska (Nelson), but is tolerably common in Kotzebue 



