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August 3 Scott and Worthington). .They have been seen in Jamaica 
in June (Field), and even off the coast of Venezuela they were common 
June 21-27, 1892 (Hartert). The last of the regular migrants do not 
leave the coast of Massachusetts until June—average June 6, latest 
June 15, 1886 (Cahoon); Western Egg Rock, Maine, June 24, 1895 
(Knight); Toronto, Ontario, June 2 (Fleming); Corpus Christi, Tex., 
July 1, 1887 (Sennett). 3 
Eggs were taken at Franklin Bay, Mackenzie, July 4, 1864, and. 
July 8, 1865 (MacFarlane), but in each case the eggs were already 
partly incubated. 
Fall migration.—The southward movement begins early in July, 
bringing, a few individuals into the United States the latter part of 
that month—eastern Massachusetts, July 8 (Howe and Allen); 
Toronto, Ontario, July 23, 1890 (Fleming)—but, the regular migra- 
tion occurs in August: Cape Cod, Massachusetts, average August 17, 
earliest August 6 (Mackay) ;, Long Island, New York, average August 
6, earliest July 1, 1905 (Kobbe); Erie, Pa., August 1, 1890 (Todd); 
southern Wisconsin, August. 10, 1872 (Kumlien and. Hollister); 
southern British Columbia, August 15, 1903 (Brooks). .The last were 
seen at Winter Island. on the coast of Melville Peninsula August 17, 
1821 (Greely), and the first flocks came along the Labrador coast 
August 15,.1860 (Coues). The species was unusually abundant on 
Prince Edward Island in 1892 from August 22 to September 14 
(Mackay). - Some dates of the last seen are: Point Barrow, Alaska, 
August 20, 1897 (Stone); Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie, September 5, 
1903 (Preble); St. Michael, Alaska, September 16, 1899 (Bishop); 
southern British Columbia, October 23, 1888 (Brooks); Fort Collins, 
Colo., October 28, 1893 (Cooke); Lincoln, Nebr., October 21, 1899 
(Wolcott); Ottawa, Ontario, average October 24, latest November 8, 
1903 (White); Pictou, Nova Scotia, October 11, 1894 (Hickman); 
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, average October 21, latest November 14, 
1887 (Cahoon)—accidental in December, 1872 (Mackay); Erie, Pa., 
November 10, 1894 (Todd); Long Island, New York, average October 
15, latest November 7, 1905 (Latham). 
European Golden Plover. Charadrius apricarius Linn. 
The combined ranges of the three golden plovers complete the cir- 
cumference of the globe in the vicinity of the Arctic Circle. In 
general it may be said that apricarius breeds in northern Europe and 
northwestern Siberia; dominicus in North America; and fulvus in 
eastern Siberia. The ranges of apricarius and dominicus meet on the 
west coast of Greenland; dominicus and fulvus join ranges in western 
Alaska : the dividing line in Siberia between fulvus and apricarius 
has not yet. been determined. ot sl 
The European golden plover breeds from Great Britain.to western 
Siberia and south to central Europe. It winters from about the 
