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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



1 24-266-(046). Numenius borealis (Forst). Eskimo Curlew. 



Exceedingly rare; one specimen reported by Dr. M. Gibbs; admitted doubtfully by 

 Dr. J. B. Steere; Benj. Syke, of Kalamazoo, records one as late as Oct. 28; migrant; 

 gregarious; about marshes; excellent for table. 



Family CHARADRIID^E. Plovers. 



Feed on insects, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.; eggs usually dark and spotted; . some 

 species valuable as game birds. 



Genus CHARADEIDS Linn. 



Black-bellied Plover, natural size. 



125-270-(580). Charadrins sqaatarola {Linn.). Black-bellied Ploveu: Bull- 

 head. 



Rare; migrant; A. H. Boies reports it from Lenawee and Hillsdale counties; " Mon- 

 roe Co.'' (Jerome Trombley); "once as late as Oct. 20" (Dr. M. Gibbs); ''Keweenaw 

 Point" (Kneeland); "a regular migrant along the Great Lakes, Superior included" 

 (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). 



Golden Plover, in fall or winter, reduced. 



