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Aegialitis Wilsonus.— Cassin. 
Wilson’s Plover. 
Breeds in great numbers from Virginia to Long 
Island, along the seashore. Eggs four, laid on the 
sand. The eggs of this bird resemble those of 
the Voczferus, but are not as much pointed. 
Aegialitis Semipalmatus.— Cab. 
Semipalmated Plover. 
Very abundant in May, when migrating along 
the Delaware River, also along the seashore. 
Makes its appearance in Iowa the first of June, 
where it breeds. Eggs four, laid on the bare 
ground on the prairie, near sloughs and creeks. 
alegialitis Melodus.— Cab. 
_ Piping Plover. 
Very abundant along the seashore from Vir- 
ginia to Lony Island. Breeds on Seven Mile Beach 
and Peck’s Beach, Cape May county, New Jersey. 
Eggs four in number, laid on bare sand. 
Sguatarola Helvetica —Cuv. 
Black-bellied Plover. 
Very abundant along the seashore in Spring 
and Autumn. It is also abundant in Iowa, where 
it arrives about the rst of May, feeding over 
the plowed ground. 
Flacmatopus Palliatus —Temin. 
Oyster Catcher. 
It is found along the seashore from Virginia to 
Barnegat, New Jersey. I found it breeding on 
