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Charadrius cantianus nivosus SEEBouM, Geog. Distr. Charadriide, 1887, pp. xviii, 
171, fig. of head. 
Aigialitis alexandrinus nivosus SreINEGER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, June 5, 
1882, 35. 
Aigialites alexandrinus nivosus Ripaway, Cat. Aquat. and Fish-eating birds, 
1883, 9.—Brtpine, Proc..U. 8. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 528 (San Quentin Bay, 
Lower California; breeding?). 
Charadrius cantianus (not of Latham, 1790) Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., 
x, pt. iv, no. 2, 1859, 64 (San Diego, California, Jan.; descr.; crit.).—ScHLEGEL, 
Mus. Pays-Bas, iv, no. 29 (Cursores), 1865, 31, part. 
A[gialitis] cantiana Cours, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 245. 
Aigialitis cantianus Cougs, Check List, 1873, no. 401. 
(?) Charadrius alecandrinus (not of Linnzus?) ScHatow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1891, 
259 (Kadiak, Alaska), 
CCHARADRIUS NIVOSUS TENUIROSTRIS (Lawrence). 
CUBAN SNOWY PLOVER. 
Similar to C.n. nivosus but much paler, the general color of upper 
irts pale drab-gray (sometimes approaching grayish white in mid- 
mmer plumage), the feathers darker centrally, 
Adult male.—Wing, 99-107 (103.5); tail, 37-49 (44.8); culmen, 
-15.5 (14.6); tarsus, 22.5-25 (23.9); middle toe, 14-15 (14.4).¢ 
Adult female.—Wing, 98-104 (102); tail, 41-47 (44.2); culmen, 
15 (14.3); tarsus, 23-23.5 (23.2); middle toe, 13.5-14 (13.8).° 
Gulf coast of United States, in Florida (Santa Rosa Island, near 
ort Pickens, breeding; Perdido Bay, Jan.), Alabama (Dauphine 
land, Feb., May, Aug.; Orange Beach, Jan.; Petit Bois, Aug.), 
ississippi (Horn Island, July 3), Louisiana, and Texas (Corpus 
wisti), and southward to Bahamas, Cuba (Guanténamo), Yucatan 
‘elestin), Venezuela (Margarita Island), and coast of Brazil and 
araguay; also breeding on Salt plains of Cimarron River, Oklahoma 
id Comanche County, Kansas, and occasional near Toronto, 
atario (May, 1880, and July 6, 1897; three records).° 
Aegialitis tenuirostris LawRENCE, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vii, 1862, 455 (near 
Guantanamo, Cuba; coll. J. Gundlach).—Gunop.acu, Journ. fiir Orn., 1862, 
181 (Guantanamo, Cuba; crit.). 
Aegialeus tenuirostris GuNDLacH, Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 359; Journ. 
fiir Orn., 1871, 294 (Cuba); 1875, 336 (Cuba). 
Aigialitis nivosa AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ Unron, Check List, 1886, and 2d 
ed., 1895, no. 278, part (Caribbean coast Central America; w. Cuba); 3rd 
ed., 1910, 129, part (Louisiana; Florida; Bahamas; Cuba; Venezuela; 
Brazil).—(?) Goss, Auk, iii, 1886, 409 (salt plains of Cimarron River, Okla- 
homa and Comanche Co., Kansas, breeding)—Cory, Auk, iv, 1887, 229 
(West Indian localities and references); Birds West Ind., 1889, 229; Cat. 
West Ind. Birds, 1892, 95.—Smnnerr, Auk, v, 1888, 110, in text (Corpus 
Christi, Texas, breeding).—Suarrs, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 290, 
@ Seven specimens. 
b Three specimens, 
¢ Specimens not seen, but more likely to be this form than C. n. nivosus. 
