32 Birds of Massachusetts 



58. Arenaria interpres (Linn.). Turnstone. , 



A not uncommon spring and autumn migrant on the coast. 

 Casual inland. 



May I to 26 ; (June 24) July 27 to September 15. 



Bristol County : " Rather common transient visitant along coast." 

 Cohasset : "Common in fall, rare in spring." Essex County: " Last of 

 May and August. Rather rare." Ipswich : "Rather common transient 

 visitant." Nantucket: "Common." Springfield. "Rare autumn visi- 

 tor." 



59. Haematopus palliatus Temm. American Oyster- 

 catcher. 



Accidental from the south. The records are : Boston Har- 

 bour, one was shot from a flock, prior to the summer of 1814;^ 

 Marshfield, a pair were procured by Daniel Webster and presented 

 to the Boston Society of Natural History ; ^ Chatham, one was 

 shot in April, 1885, at Monomoy Island, by Aloiizo Nye; 3 

 Chatham, an adult male and a female, probably its mate, shot 

 August [20], 1899, by Mr. Charles A. Hardy.* 



60. Squatarola squatarola (Linn.). Black-bellied Plover. 

 A rather common spring ,and autumn migrant on the coast. 



Casual inland.* 



April 15 to May 26 (June 18); July 8 to November 16 (De- 

 cember) . 



Bristol County: "Rather common transient visitant." Cohasset: 

 "Rather common in spring and fall." Dedham : Recorded. Essex 

 County: "May, and August to November. Common." Ipswich: 

 " Common transient visitant." Nantucket : "Common." Springfield : 

 "Accidental visitor." June. 



61. Charadrius dominicus Mull. American Golden 

 Plover. 



Formerly a rare spring, but common autumn migrant : now rare 

 in the autumn. Casual inland. t 



^ Wilson ; Amer. Orn., Vol. VIII, 1814, p. 17. 

 ' Baird, Brewer and Ridgway ; Water Birds, Vol. I, 1874, p. 113. 

 ' Brewster; Auk, Vol. II, No. 4, Oct., 1885, p. 384, and Gaboon; O. & O., 

 Vol. X, No. 10, Oct., 1885, p. 160. 



•Brewster ; Auk, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Apr., 1901, p. 136. 

 * Mackay; Auk, Vol. IX, No. 2, Apr., 1892, pp. 143-152. 

 t Mackay; Auk, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Jan., 1891, pp. 17-24. 



