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Names.—Some of the names in use for this species in Great Britain are black- 
breasted plover, whistling gray plover, plover, and yellow plover; and in France, 
pluvier doré (golden plover). 
272. Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica **). 
Range.—The two subspecies of Pluvialis dominica inhabiting America have the following ranges: 
American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica dominica).—North and South America. Breeds from 
Point Barrow along the Arctic coast to mouth of the Mackenzie, and from Melville Island, Wellington 
Channel, and Melville Peninsula south to northwestern Hudson Bay; winters on the pampas of Brazil 
and Argentina; migrates south across the Atlantic from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; a few pass 
south through the Mississippi Valley, and all migrate north by this route; in migration to California 
Greenland, and Bermuda; formerly abundant, now becoming rare. : 
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica fulva).—Eastern Asia and Alaska to New Zealand. Breeds 
in northern Siberia from Liakof Island to Bering Strait, and in Alaska along the coast of Bering Sea; winters 
in the Hawaiian Islands, China, Oceania, New Zealand, and Australia. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—None. 
In local use.—Big frost-bird (Long Id., N. Y.); black-bellied plover (Wash.):; black- 
breast (Me., Mass., Conn.); brassback (Mass.); bullhead (Long Id., N. Y., Pa.); 
field-bird (Me.); field plover (Que., Ont., Man., Pa.); frost-bird (Long Id., N. Y., 
N. J., Nebr.); goldenback (Me.); golden plover (Que., Me., Mass., Conn., Long Id., 
N. Y., Va., Wis., Ill., lowa, Ark., Miss., Tex., B. C.); goldenwing (Miss.); gray plover 
(Long Id., N. Y., Wash.); greenback (Mass., Long Id., N. Y.); greenhead (Mass., 
R. I.); green plover (Me., N. H., Mass.); gros yeux (big eyes) (La.); Kankakee-bar 
_ plover (Ind., Ill.); lowland plover (La.); muddy-breast (R.I.); palebelly, palebreast 
(Mass.); pasture-bird (Mass.); pigeon de mer (La.); pluvier doré (golden plover) (Que., 
La.); prairie-pigeon (Minn., Iowa); squealer (Mass.); three-toed plover, three-toes 
(Me., Mass.); toad-head (Mass., Long Id., N. Y.); trout-bird (Mass.). 
Geographic index.—Ark., golden plover; B. C., golden plover; Conn., blackbreast, 
golden plover; Jil., golden plover, Kankakee-bar plover; ind., Kankakee-bar plover; 
fowa, golden plover, prairie-pigeon; La., gros yeux, lowland plover, pigeon de mer, 
pluvier doré; Me., blackbreast, field-bird, golden-back, golden plover, green plover, 
three-toed plover, three-toes; Man., field plover; Mass., blackbreast, brassback, 
golden plover, greenback, greenhead, green plover, palebelly, palebreast, pasture- 
bird, squealer, three-toed plover, three-toes, toad-head, trout-bird; Minn., prairie 
pigeon; Miss., golden plover, golden-wing; Nebr., frost-bird; N. H., green plover; 
N. J., frost-bird; N. Y., big frost-bird, bullhead, frost-bird, golden plover, gray 
plover, greenback, toad-head; Ont., field plover; Pa., bullhead, field plover; Que., 
field plover, golden plover, pluvier doré; R. J., greenhead, muddybreast; Tez., 
golden plover; Va., golden plover; Wash., black-bellied plover, gray plover; Wis., 
golden plover. 
BOOK NAMES. 
Allwargrim plover, Asiatic golden plover, bull-headed plover, bull’s-eye, common 
plover, hawk’s-eye, muddy-belly, pluvier dominicain, pluvier doré d’Amérique 
(American golden plover), spotted plover, whistling plover. 
273. Kildeer (Oxyechus vociferus). 
Ronge.—North and South America. Breeds irom Central British Columbia, southern Mackenzie (N. W. 
. T.), central Keewatin (N. W. T.), and central Quebec south to the Gulf coast and central Mexico; winters 
from California, Arizona, Texas, Indiana, New Jersey, and Bermuda south to Venezuela and Peru: casual 
in Newfoundland, Paraguay, and Chile; accidental in Great Britain, 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—Kildee, kildeer (spelled kildir by French writers). 
In local use.—Cou collier (ringneck) (La.); dotterel (Iowa); kildeer plover (Mass., 
R. I., Long Id., N. Y., Mich.); meadow plover (Pa.); pialliard (squaller) (La.): 
pluvier doré (golden plover) (La.); ringlet (N. Y.); ringneck (N. Y., La.); ring- 
necked plover (Mich., Tenn., Man.); telltale (Long Id., N, Y., Ont.); tituree (Va.). 
Geographic index.—Iowa, dotterel; La., cou collier, pialliard, pluvier doré, ringneck; 
Man., ring-necked plover; Mass., kildeer plover; Mich., kildeer plover, ring-necked 
plover; N. Y., kildeer plover, ringlet, ringneck, telltale; Ont., telltale; Pa., meadow 
plover; Tenn., ring-necked plover; Va., tituree. 
BOOK NAMES, 
_ ~ Chattering plover, kildeer ring-plover, killdeer, noisy plover, pluvier criard (crying 
| plover), pluvier kildir (kildeer plover), ring plover. 
3 33 Charadrius dominicus. 
