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for a few days before I saw them, with the wind from the south, but on 
that day the wind blew stiff from the north, with broken clouds flying, 
and the air pretty cold. The birds were on the hay-flats on the south 
side of the river. I drove up the valley seven or eight miles, and was 
not out of sight of large flocks any of the time. They were wild and I 
killed only three.” 
In the spring of 1884 there was no regularity in the notes on this 
species, and probably the fault was in the birds. At Polo, Ill., the first 
was seen April 30, and the day before at Heron Lake, Minn., they were 
found in flocks which stayed about two weeks. At Alda, Nebr., a good 
many passed over during the nights of April 25 and 27. On April 16, 
flocks of thousands were seen at Argusville, Dak., and the bulk was 
given as arriving at Vermillion, Dak., May 5. 
In the spring of 1885 the first Black-bellied Plover was seen at Hen- 
nepin, Ill, April 2; at Heron Lake, Minn., April 24; and at Huron, 
Dak., May 5. The last at Hennepin, Ill., was seen May 3. 
272. Charadrius dominicus Miill. [515.] Golden Plover. 
Breeds in the Arctic regions, and occurs in migration throughout the 
Mississippi Valley and Manitoba. In the spring of 1884, at Caddo, Ind. 
Ter., the first came about March 11; between March 21 and 27, it was 
noted from latitude 39° in Missouri to latitude 41° 42’ in Iowa, and to 
Chicago, Ill. Then no more records were made until after the April 
storms. About April 16, it began to move again, and April 24 it was 
reported from Unadilla, Nebr., and Leeds Centre, Wis.; April 29 it 
reached Heron Lake, Minn., and the first week in May was reported 
from Argusville and Larimore, Dak. In southeastern Dakota it is very 
abundant during migration. 
In the fall of 1884 the first Golden Plover was seen at Emporia, Kans., 
October 22; and at San Angelo, Tex., where it was reported as a winter 
visitant, flocks of hundreds were seen in November. 
In the spring of 1885 the van reached Gainesville, Tex., March 17, 
They were found in the Saint Louis market March 26, and the same day 
were seen at Odin, Ill., and Richmond, Kans. At Hennepin, IIL, a flock 
was seen March 31. They came to Des Moines, Iowa, April.16; Fern- 
wood, Ill., April 25; Heron Lake, Minn., and Argusville, Dak., May 4. 
The last at Richmond, Kans., was seen May 8. 
In the fall of 1885 the first was noted from Fernwood, Ill., July 15; 
no more until August 3; common August 20; disappeared October 12. 
Dr. F. W. Langdon states that in West Baton Rouge parish, La., 
in the spring of 1881, Golden Plover ‘frequented the pastures and 
stubble-fields from April 2 to 15, in flocks numbering from a dozen to 
twenty individuals.” (Jour. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. IV, 1881, p. 154.) 
273. Aigialitis vocifera (Linn.) [516.] Kildeer. 
Breeds throughout the Mississippi Valley and Manitoba; an abun- 
dant winter resident along the coast, and for 100 miles inland; less com- 
