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Range. — Eastern Arctic America and Old World. Breeds from 

 central Em'ope and Turkestan to Siberia, Spitzbergen, Iceland, 

 Greenland, and Cumberland Sound; winters on shores of the Medi- 

 terranean and throughout Africa; accidental in Barbados, Chile, 

 India, and Australia. 



[iEgialitis dtibia (Scopoli). Little Ringed Plover. [276.] 



Charadrius {dvbius) Scopoli, Del. Florae et Faunae Insubr., II, 1786, 93. 

 (Luzon Island, Philippines.) 



Range. — Eastern Hemisphere. Breeds from southern Europe, 

 central Asia, and Japan to northern Siberia and Europe; winters 

 south to central Africa, India, and the Malay Archipelago; accidental 

 in Alaska and California.] 



.fflgialitis meI6da (Ord). Piping Plover. [277.] 



Charadrius melodus Oed, Reprint of Wilson's Orn., VII, 1842, 71. 

 (Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey.) 



Range. — Eastern North America. Breeds locally from southern 

 Saskatchewan, southern Ontario, Magdalen Islands, and Nova Scotia 

 south to central Nebraska, northwestern Indiana, Lake Erie, New 

 Jersey (formerly), and Virginia; winters on the coast of the United 

 States from Texas to Georgia, and in northern Mexico; casual in 

 migration to Newfoundland, the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and 

 Bermuda. 



iEgialitis nivosa Cassin. Snowy Plover. [278.] 



Sgicdilis nivosa Cassin, in Baibd, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac, IX, 

 1858, 696. (Presidio, near San Francisco, California.) 



Range. — Western United States to South America. Breeds from 

 central California, northern Utah, and southern Kansas south to 

 northern Lower California and southern Texas; winters from southern 

 California and Texas south along both coasts of Central America, 

 and on the west coast to Chile; casual in Oregon, Wyoming, Ontario, 

 Louisiana, Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Venezuela, and Brazil. 



[^gialitis mongola (Pallas). Mongolian Plover. [279.] 



Charadrius mongolus Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, III, 1776, 700. (Kul- 

 ussutai, probably on the Onon River, Siberia.) 



