ORDER LIMICOL^. lOI 



[B 507, C 399, R 517, C 586.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Arctic and subarctie America, migrating south 

 throughout tropical America, as far as Brazil, Peru, and the Gala- 

 pagos. 



275. iEgialitis hiaticula (Linn.). 



■ Ring Plover. 



Charadrius hiaticula Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 150. 

 ^gialitis hiaticula Boie, Isis, 1822, 558. 



[B— , C— R518, CS89.J 

 Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of the Old World and portions of 

 Arctic America, breeding on the west shore of Cumberland Gulf. 



[276.] iEgialitis dubia (Scop.). 

 Little Ring Plover. 



Charadrius dubius Scopoli, Delic. F. et Fl. Insubr. II. 1786, 93. 

 ^gialites dubius Swinh. P. Z. S. 187 1, 404. 



[B — , C 400 bis, R 519, C S90.J 



Geog. Dist. — Most of the eastern hemisphere, breeding northward. 

 Accidental on the coast of California and in Alaska. 



277. .Sigialitis meloda (Ord). 



Piping Plover. 



Charadrius melodus Ord, ed. Wils. VII. 1824, 71. 

 y£gialites melodus Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 45. 

 [B 508,0400, R520, 0587.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, breeding from the coast of 

 Virginia northward to Newfoundland ; in winter, West Indies. 



277 a. .Sigialitis meloda circumcincta Ridgw. 

 Belted Piping Plover. 



^gialitis melodus var. circumcinctus Ridgw. Am. Nat. VIII. 

 Feb. 1874, 109. 



[B— , C 4oo«, R 520a, C 588.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Mississippi Valley, breeding from northern Illinois 

 north to Lake Winnipeg; more or less frequent eastward to the 

 Atlantic coast. 



