92 NORTH AMERICAN SHOREBIRDS. 
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 (Townsend 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); 
Mines 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 miiorahion: —The first was seen on the coast, of N orth Carolina 
July 14, 1904 (Bishop) ; and at Fernandina, Fla., ‘August 3, 1906 
(W orthington). It was taken at Corpus Christi, Tex., all through 
July, 1887 (Sennett), but these may have heen, nonbreedens 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. Aegialitis 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 Chaat 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). — 
tude 41°S. "Sehalow, ‘and thence north i in Peru (Sclater and Ata 
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 Téland, 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 F Francisco, Calif., 
