356 CHAEADEIID^. 



A. 0. U. Check-]. N. Amer. Birds, 2iid ed. p. 100" ; Elliot, N. Amer. Shore-Birds, p. 175 " ; 

 Underwood, Ibis, 1896, p. 449 '\ 

 Oxyechus vociferus, Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 44"; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 232"; Nutting, Pr. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. pp. 379 ", 390 " ; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. 

 p. 148="; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 581"; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 242"; Bangs, Auk, xviii. p. 358 " ; Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. p. 22 ". 



Sapra brnnneus, dorso postico, uropygio et supracaudalibus cinnamomeis ; tectricibus alamm et secandariis 

 intimis dorso concoloribus, majoribus saturate bnmneis, albo terminatis, fasciam alarem fonnantibus ; 

 remigibus nigricantibus, intus albis et albo terminaJiter fimbriatis, macula longitudinali rhacbidali vel 

 fascia alba extus notafcis ; secundariis nigricantibus, ad basin albis, interioribus albis vix nigro extus 

 notatis ; reotrieibus olivascenti-brunneis, fascia lata nigra subterminali omatis, extemia cinnamomeis, 

 albo late terminatis, rectrice extima alba intus nigro quadratim fasciata ; pileo et facie lateraU brunneis ; 

 fronte, supercUio, genis et gutture toto albis, ad torquem cervicalem albam conjunctis ; fascia post- 

 frontali et altera post-cervicali nigris, hao ad fasciam latam jugularem conjuncta; praepectore torque 

 coUari duplici, fascia superiore cinnamomeo-fulva, inferiore tamen nigra omato ; corpore reliquo subtus 

 albo : rostro nigro ; pedibus palUde coccineis vel dilute flavicantibus : iride saturate bmnnea ; palpebris 

 aurantiacis vel scarlatinis. Long, tota circa 9*5, alae 6-4, caudae 3-7, culm. 1-1, tarsi 1'4. (Descr. maris 

 adulti ex Duerias. Mus. nostr.) 



5 mari similis, sed torque praepectorali cinnamomeo-fulvo paUidiore distinguenda. Long, tota 9-5, alae 6'4. 

 (Descr. feminae adultae ex Mazatlan. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Tempeeate Noeth Ameeica, breeding northward to Newfoundland and Mani- 

 toba 31. — Mexico ^^, Sonora, Bisbee, Greenbush Ranch, Pachico {Eobinette 3°), 

 Hermosillo *", Ixtapalapa ^•'j Mexicalcingo ^''j Chimalapa ^°, Chapulco, Puebla^^, 

 San Baltazar *", Mayorazzo ^^ {Ferrari- Perez), Rio de Iglesias, Chihuahua {Lloyd ^^), 

 Nuevo Leon {Armstrong ^^), Matamoros and throughout the entire State of 

 Tamaulipas {Berlandier^^), Aldama, Tampico, Calvillo, Aguas Calientes, Jerez, 

 Zacatecas, Calotlan and Lake Chapala, Jalisco {Richardson *°), Valley of Mexico 

 {Herrera^^ ^^), city of Mexico {White ^^), Mazatlan {Grayson ^'^, Ferrer ^^), 

 Guanajuato, Guadalajara {Buges^), Cofre de Perote, Vera Cruz, Patzcuaro 

 (F. D. G.40), Vega del Cazadero {TrujiUo^% Oaxaca {Boucard ^^^% Jalapa 

 {Salle ^, de Oca^, Ferrari-Perez^"'), Teapa {Mrs. H. H. Smith^% Santa Efigenia, 

 Tehuantepec {Sumichr ast^^). Sisal, Yucatan {Schott ^^), Peto {Gaumer^^), Progreso 

 {Stone & Baker ^^j, Cozumel I. {Benedict ^^, Gaumer ^3 ^^) ; British Hondueas, 

 Cayo {Blancaneaux ^^) ; Guatemala {Constancia^^), Duenas, Quezaltenango, San 

 Geronimo {0. S. & F. D. G. 12 40j^ Panajachel, Atitlan {Richardson ^^) ; Honbdeas, 

 Tigre Island and Plains of Comayagua {Taylor ^% San Pedro {JVhitely^^), Omoa 

 {Leyland^) ; Nicaeagua, San Juan del Sur^s, Sucuya^^ {J^utting), Rio Escondido 

 {Richmond ^^) ; Costa Rica, San Jose {v. Frantzius ®, Carmiol i^ 40^ Boucard 3*, 

 Cherrie 28), Miravalles ^3, Tambor, Laguna de Coris, slopes of Irazu ( Underwood, 

 in litt.), Alajuela, Cartago {Zeledon -'^) ; Panama {M'Leannan i^), Divala, 

 Chiriqui {Brown ^^), southern slope of Volcan de Chiriqui {Arce ^^ ^o).— South 

 Ameeica to Chile ^o ; West Indies ^o ; Bermuda Is. ^o. 



The Kildeer Plover, so called from its cry, is a well-known North-American bird. 



