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1892, but a small remnant of this formerly abundant bird has visited 

 the shores. 



It is possible that the sudden falling off in the numbers of this 

 Curlew may have been because they were overwhelmed by a storm 

 in their long ocean trip to the Antilles, but it is evident that the con- 

 stant persecution to which they were subject was largely responsible 

 for their decrease. It is apparent that they are now a vanishing race 

 — on the way to extinction. 



Squatarola squatarola (Linn.). 

 Black-bellied Plover; "Grey Plover" (Cartwright). 



Common transient visitor. 



Audubon found some young birds in southern Labrador in the 

 beginning of August; Stearns reported it as "common in spring and 

 fall." It was not observed in the Ungava district by Turner, but 

 Weiz reported it from Okkak. 



Charadrius dominicus Mull. 

 American Golden Plover. 



Uncommon autumn transient visitor. 



Packard says it "occurs in fall only, at Koksoak. Common on 

 south and west coasts." Weiz observed it at Okkak. Coues says it 

 appeared in small flocks the last of August, and Bigelow found it "not 

 common. Several flocks, mostly young birds, after August 22." 



Aegialitis semipalmata Bonap. 

 Semipalmated Plover; Ring-neck. 



Common summer resident; May to September. 



The Ring-neck is found throughout the length and breadth of 

 Labrador, breeding all along the coastline and on the outlying islands, 

 as well as on the shores of lakes in the interior. Audubon, Coues, 

 Stearns, Brewster, and Palmer found it on the southern coast. Coues, 

 Weiz, and Bigelow found it on the eastern coast. Turner found it 



