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 NUMENIUS Bbisson. 



122. Long-billed Curlew. 



Numenius longirostris (Wils.). 



A few specimens have been taken on the coast, but is to be more frequently 

 met with in the interior of the Mainland, south through the Okanagan. 



123. Hudsonian Curlew. 



Numenius hudsonicus (Lath.). 



Not common, but distributed along the coast of Island and Mainland. I 

 have taken it at Clayoquot in May, 1894. W. B. Anderson has taken it at 

 Port Simpson, and J. Maynard at Cadboro Bay, near Victoria. 



Family CHARADRIIDiE. Plovees, Etc. 



CHARADRIUS Linn^us. 



124. Black-bellied Plover. 



Charadrius squatarola (Linn.). 



Abundant during migrations along the coast. Brooks has taken it at 

 Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



125. American Golden Plover. 



Charadrius dominicus (Mull.). 



Common on the coast during migrations. Brooks has taken it at Chilli- 

 whack and Okanagan. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it common at Metlakatla. 

 W. B. Anderson has taken it at Port Simpson. 



iEGIALITIS BoiE. 



126. Killdeer Plover. 



JEgialitis vocifera (Linn.). 



Found throughout the Province ; occasionally on the coast in winter. 

 Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



127. Semipalmated Plover. 



jEgialitis semipalmata (Bonap.). 



Not common. I took two specimens on the West Coast, Vancouver 

 Island— one at Ucluelet, April 28th, 1894, the other at Clayoquot, May, 

 1894. A. H. Maynard shot one at Cadboro Bay, Victoria. 



