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12(>-272-(r>81). Charadrins dominions Miill. ' American Golden Plovek; Green- 

 back. 

 Common; throughout the state; April and Oct.; migrant. This bird is not men- 

 tioned by Dr. H. A. Atkins, but it has been taken here repeatedly; Mr. Jerome Trom- 

 bley reports it as a common migrant near Lake Erie; " large flocks appeared at Lan- 

 sing in Sept., 1890, and many were killed" (J. E. Nichols); taken at Plymouth by J. B. 

 Purdy ; " Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); " common transient in the autumn, but rarely 

 seen in spring, often in large flocks, most abundant about Sept. 28, in Kalamazoo Co." 

 (Dr. M. Gibbs). 



Genus jEGIALITIS Boie. 



Killdeer, natural aize. 



127-273-(584-). .KgrialiMs voclfera (Linn.). *Killdeek; Killdeer Plovek; Ring 

 Plover. 

 Very abundant; throughout the entire state; common from March to Dec; often 

 seen in winter; valuable as a destroyer of insects; our most common plover; frequents 

 gardens, pastures and roadsides; "Mackinac Island" (S. E.White); "occasional at Iron 

 Mountain " (E. E. Brewster); breeds; nests often as early as March, on the ground, 

 usually on a knoll, in gardens and pastures; eggs four, yellowish white, spotted with 

 dark brown. Dr. Brownell writes me that the eggs are always arranged in the form of 

 a cross with the small or pointed ends towards the center. 



128-274r-(586). Kgialitis semipalmata Bonap. *Semipalmated Plover; Ring 

 Plover; Ring Neck. 

 Common; migrant; May and Sept.; Jerome Trombley has taken it in Monroe Co.; 

 "Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); taken by J. B. 

 Purdy at Plymouth; '• common at Morrice " (Dr. W. C. Brownell); said to be a summer 

 resident north. We have taken this bird here at the college in early spring. Dr. 

 Atkins reports taking one at Locke Aug. 19, 1884; " northern part of Indiana " (Butler's 

 Birds of Indiana). 



129-277-(587). /Kjiialitis meloda (Ord). Piping Plover; Piping Ring Plover. 



Rather rare; migrant; " rare migrant in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); " I have 

 shot it as a migrant in Allegan Co." (S. E. White); embraced in the lists of Hughes, 

 Boies, Covert and Gibbs. These notes may refer to the next species. 



