246 CHARADEIlDvE. 



■Slgialitis dubia. Little Ringed Plover. 



Charadrius dubiUS ScopoU, Del. Faun, et Flor. Insnbr. ii. 

 178G, p. 93 : Luzon, Philippine Is. 



^gialitis curoniea (Qmel.) ; S. O. JJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 159,-: 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 541. 

 iEgialitis dubia (Scop.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxiv. 1896, 



p. 263. 



Ihibia = doubtful. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Eare Visitor. It 

 has been obtained in Middlesex, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle 

 of Wight, the Scilly Islands, and the Outer Hebrides i» 

 August, October, and April. 



General Distribution. — TJie Little Ringed Plover breeds 

 in Europe and northern and central Asia, ranging from 

 Scandinavia to the !Sea of Okhotsk and southwards to 

 southern Europe, Turkestan, China, and Japan ; it also 

 nests and appears to be resident in north-west Africa. 

 It winters in Africa, India, the Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago, extending as far east as New Guinea. It is 

 accidental in western K^orth America, from Alaska to 

 California. 



.Sigialitis vocifera. Killdeee Plover. 



Charadrius vociferus Limums, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 150 : 

 Eastern United States. 



JEgialitis vocifera {Linn.) ; B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 16a 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 543. 

 Oxyechus vociferas Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 242. 

 Vocifera = that screams. From the bird's peculiar note. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — ^A Eare Visitor. It 

 has occurred in Aberdeenshire, 18G7 ; Kent, April 1908 ; 

 Hampshire, April 1859 : and the Scilly Islands, Jan. 1885. 



General Distribution. — The Killdeer Plover breeds in North 

 America, from central British Columbia and central Quebec 



