92 NOETH AMEKICAN SHOBEBIEDS. 



Atlantic coast. Stragglers were noted at Cheyenne, Wyo., May 30, 

 1892 (Bond), Julesburg, Colo., May 17, 1899 (Dawson), and Natash- 

 quan, Labrador, May 31, 1909 (ToAAaisend,and Bent). 



Eggs have been taken at Big Charity Island, Michigan, May 20, 1903 

 (Arnold); Erie, Pa., May 24, 1900 (Todd); Long Beach, New Jersey, 

 June 12, 1877 (Scott); Magdalen Island, June 16, 1897; Cedar Point, 

 Ohio, June 26, 1903 (Jones); Miller, Ind., June 13, 1905 (Butler); 

 Miner County, S. Dak., June 5, 1891 (Patton); near Indian Head, 

 Saskatchewan^ June 18, 1892 (Macoun). Downy young were taken 

 July 21, 1906, at Big Stick Lake, southwestern Saskatchewan (Bent). 



Fall migration. — The first was seen on the coast of North Carolina 



July 14, 1904 (Bishop); and at Fernandina, Fla., August 3, 1906 



(Worthington) . It was taken at Corpus Christi, Tex., all through 



Jtdy, 1887 (Sennett), but these may have been nonbreeders that 



summered on the coast. In general the species migrates so early 



that it is seldom found north of its winter home after August. Late 



dates are: Long Island, New York, August 30, 1889 (Scott); eastern 



Massachusetts, August 26, 1888 (Miller); Erie, Pa., September 26, 



1902 (Todd). 



Snowy Plover. Mgialitis nivosa Cass. 



Breeding range. — The sea coasts and the shores of the larger lakes 

 of western United States constitute the principal breeding grounds 

 of the snowy plover. The species nests at least as far north as Pes- 

 cadero, Calif. (Willard); Humboldt River, Nevada (Hanna); Salt 

 Lake, Utah (Ridgway); Comanche County, Kans. (Goss); and on 

 the coast of Texas (Sennett). It is extremely local in the interior. 

 It breeds south at least to Corpus Christi, Tex. (Sennett), and prob- 

 ably along the northern third of the western coast of Lower California 

 (Belding). 



Winter range. — It winters in Chile south at least to Calbuco, lati- 

 tude 41° S. (Schalow), and thence north in Peru (Sclater and Salvin), 

 Guatemala (Salvin), and Mexico (Belding) to the coast of California 

 at Santa Barbara (Keck). On the Atlantic side it winters as far 

 north as Aransas Bay, Texas (Sennett). 



Migration range. — Outside of the regular winter and summer homes, 

 the species has been taken once in Brazil (specimen in United States 

 National Museum) ; Margarita Island, off the coast of "Venezuela, 

 July 2, 1895 (Robinson); Guantanamo, Cuba, July, 1858 (Gundlach); 

 Long Island, Bahamas, July 16, 1903 (Riley); Celestun, .Yucatan, 

 April 12, 1865 (Schott); Whitfield, Fla., May 5, 1903 (Worthington); 

 Bay St. Louis, Miss., September 19-20, 1899 (Allison); Toronto, 

 Ontario, twice (Fleming); Lincoln, Nebr., May 17, 1903 (Swenk); 

 Cheyenne, Wyo., once (Bond); Newport, Oreg., March 24, 1906 

 (Shaw); Grays Harbor, Washington, September 3, 1899 (Dawson). 



Spring migration. — The snowy plover was seen in Comanche 

 County, Kans., May 12, 1887 (Goss), and at San Francisco, Cahf., 



