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British Columbia, and United States to coasts and islands of Lower 
California (San Martin, San Miguél, San Gerériimo, Santa Margarita, 
Natividéd, and Los Coronados islands); casual at Point Barrow, 
Alaska, and in northeastern Siberia (Wrangel Island; Chaun Bay); 
accidental in India. 
Strepsilas melanocephalus Vicors, Zool. Journ., iv, 1829, 356 (northwest coast of 
North America); Zool. Voy. ‘Blossom,’ Birds, 1839, 29 (no locality men- 
- tioned).—Barrp, in Stansbary’s Rep. Great Salt Lake, 1852, 334 (Monterey, 
California).—Cass1n, in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 702; 
ed. 1860 (Birds N. Am.), pl. 7.—Brown, Ibis, 1868, 424 (Vancouver Island).— 
Barrp, BREWER, and Ripaway, Water Birds N. Am., 1, 1884, 124.—SEEBouM, 
Geog. Distr. Charadriide, 1887, pp. xxv, 411. 
S[trepsilas] melanocephalus GamBex, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 2d ser, i, 1849, 
220 (coast California)—Covzs, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 609. 
Strepsilas melanocephala Batrp, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 516.—Datu and 
BaNnisTER, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci., i, 1869, 290 (St. Michaels and Nulato, 
Alaska).—Rineway, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 198 (Cat. N. Am. Birds, 
no. 510); Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 510.—Bgan, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., v, 
1882, 163 (Eschscholtz Bay, Alaska, Sept.).—Nerzson, Cruise ‘Corwin’ in 
1881 (1883), 83 (coast Norton Sound, etc., Alaska; Wrangel Island; crit.).— 
McLENEGAN, Cruise ‘Corwin,’ 1884, 119 (Kowak River or Hotham Inlet, 
n. w. Alaska). . 
Morinella melanocephala STEINEGER, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., v, June 5, 1882, 34.— 
. Tuayer and Banes, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, v. 1914, 24 (Chaun Bay, 
e. Siberia, Aug. 15). 
Arenaria melanocephala StEINEGER, Auk, i, July, 1884, 229.—AMERICAN ORNITH- 
oLoaigsts’ Union, Check List, 1886, and 2d ed., 1895, no. 284; 8rd ed., 1910, 
p. 132.—Turner, Contr. N. H. Alaska, 1886, 150 (St. Michaels, Kuskoquim 
River, Belkofsky, Unga Island, and Sanak Island, Alaska; habits).—NELson, 
Rep. N. H. Coll. Alaska, 1887, 129 (coasts Bering Sea; Point Barrow; habits).— 
TowNnsEND (C. H.), Auk, iv, 1887, 12 (Kowak River, n. w. Alaska, July, 
Aug.); Cruise ‘Corwin’ in 1885 (1887), 92 (Kowak Delta, July 4; Hotham 
Inlet)—Bryant (W. E.), Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., ser. 2, ii, 1889, 275 (San 
Martin Island and Santa Margarita Island, Lower California)—E ior, 
N. Am. Shore Birds, 1895, 204, pl. 69.—Suarprn, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 
1896, 103, 729.—GRINNELL (J.), Pub. 1, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1897, 26 (San 
Clemente Island, California, March) —CHapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xvi, 
1902, 235 (Homer, Cook Inlet, Alaska, June 28); xx, 1904, 401 (Bird Island, 
near Homer, Alaska)—GRINNELL and Daecsrr, Auk. xx, 1903, 33 (Los 
Coronados Islands, Lower California, Aug.).—THayer and Bangs, Condor, 
ix, 1907, 80 (Natividad Island, Lower California, April)—Linton, Condor, 
x, 1903, 126 (Santa Cruz Island, California) —Wrieut, Condor, xi, 1909100 
(Los Coronados Islands).—Hersgy, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 66, no. 2, 
1916, 26 (St. Michaels and mouth of Yukon River, Alaska).—Granin1, Auk, 
xxxiv, 1918, 399 (Stepovak Bay, Alaska Peninsula, May 25). 
A [renaria] melanocephala Ripeway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 181. 
[Arenaria] melanocephala Suarpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 146.—ForBes and RoBiInson 
Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 1899, 62. 
(Strepsilas interpres] Var. melanocephalus Cours, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 246. 
Strepsilas interpres ... var. melanocephalus Cougs, Check List, 1873, no. 406a. 
Strepsilas interpres melanocephalus Cours and Kipper, Bull. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
no. 7, 1877, 17 (San Geronimo Island, Lower California),—Covss, Check List, 
2d ed., 1882, no. 599. 
[Strepsilas interpres] b. melanocephalus Cours, Birds Northwest, 1874, 459. 
Charadrius melanocephalus SEEBOHM, Hist. Brit. Birds, iii, 1885, 12. 
