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Charadrius dominicus Miill. Golden Plover. 



1 found this species moving southward in small flocks at a point 50 

 miles south of Cape Eskimo August -i to 8, and also, though in 

 diminished numbers, 25 miles to the northward, August 10 to 13. A 

 specimen was taken at the first point. It has the black of the lower 

 parts varied by a number of whitish feathers, which predominate on 

 the throat and the sides of the chest. 



This species was recorded by J. C. Ross from Port Bowen, Prince 

 Regent Inlet, where it arrived the middle of Ma}^;" bj'^ Murraj^ from 

 Trout Lake,* and by Bell from York Factory.'^ (Clarke recorded an 

 adult in summer plumage from Fort Churchill. <* The catalogue of 

 birds in the U. S. National Museum collection contains the record of 

 a specimen taken at Moose Factory in 1881 by Walton Haydon. 



.ffigialitis vocifera (Linn.). Killdeer. 



Several were seen on the grassy meadows about midway between 

 Fort Churchill and the mouth of Churchill River on July 24. 

 Though shy, they seemed very solicitous and probably had young in 

 the vicinity. 



iEgialitis semipalmata Bonap. Semipalmated Plover. 



First noted as we were descending Hayes River July 10. Here, 

 on a sandy island about 25 miles above York Factory, the birds were 

 breeding and downy young were running about. We saw a number 

 of old birds at Beacon Point, York Factory, July 13, and six days 

 later, on landing at a spot 50 miles farther north, found the species 

 common. At Fort Churchill it was abundant, and we collected, on 

 July 24, both adults and downy young. As I passed up the coast, 

 July 30 to August 8, it continued rather common; and it was still 

 represented, though sparingly , at the northernmost point of the trip, 

 about 26 miles south of Cape Eskimo, during my four days' stay there 

 (August 10 to 13). On our return trip it had evidently migrated, as 

 we saw nothing of it. 



Andrew Murray recorded the species from Trout Lake and Severn 

 House;* and a specimen from Repulse Bay, collected by Dr. Rae, is 

 recorded in the British Museum Catalogue. 



.ffigialitis meloda circumcincta Ridgw. Belted Piping Plover. 



Under the name Charadrius melodus, King records a bird, probably 

 referable to the present form, which he shot on Lake Winnipeg, near 

 the northern end, while he was traveling between the mouth of the Sas- 



« Parry's Third Voyage, Appendix, p. 102, 1826. 



6Edin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 229, 1859. 



<;Eept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1882-3-4, App. Ill, p. 55DD (1885). 



<«Auk, VII, p. 321, 1890. 



«Edin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 225, 1859. 



