70 Miscellaneous Circular 13, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
274. Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus **). 
Range.—North and South America. Breeds from Melville Island, Wellington Channel, and Cumbefr- 
land Sound to the valley of the Upper Yukon, southern Mackenzie (N. W. T.), southern Keewatin (N. W. 
T.), and Gulf of St. Lawrence: winters from southern Lower California, Louisiana, and South Carolina to 
Patagonia, Chile, and the Galapagos; casual in Siberia, Greenland, and Bermuda. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—None. 
In local use.—Beach-bird (N. J., Tex.); cou blane (white-neck) (Que., La.); little 
ringneck (N. Y.); little ring-plover (R. I., Va.); ringneck (N. S., Me., Mass., R. I., 
Long Id., N. Y., Md., Va., N. C., Ark., Miss., Man., B. C.); ringneck plover (Que., 
Me., Long Id., N. Y., 8. C., Ill., Wash.); ringneck snipe (Nebr.); ring plover (R. I., 
Md., Ont., Man.). 
Geographic indexr.—Ark., ringneck; B. C., ringneck; Ill., ringneck plover; La., cou 
blanc; Me., ringneck, ringneck plover; Man., ringneck, ring plover; Md., ringneck, 
ring plover; Mass., ringneck; Miss., ringneck; Nebr., ringneck snipe; N. J., beach- 
bird; NV. Y., little ringneck, ringneck, ringneck plover; NV. C., ringneck; N. S., ring- 
neck; Ont., ring plover; Que., cou blanc, ringneck plover; R. L., little ring-plover, 
ringneck, ring plover; S. C., ringneck plover; Tex., beach-bird; Va., little ring- 
plover; Wash., ringneck plover. 
BOOK NAMES. 
American ring-plover, petit pluvier 4 collier (little ring-plover), pluvier 4 collier 
(ring-plover), pluvier semipalmé (semipalmated plover), semipalmated ring-plover. 
275. Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula*°). 
Range.—Eastern Arctic America and Old World. Breeds from central Europe and Turkestan to 
Siberia, Spitzbergen, Iceland, Greenland, and Cumberland Sound; winters on shores of the Mediterranean 
and throughout Africa; accidental in Barbados, Chile, India, and Australia. 
Names.—There are no vernacular names for this species in America, but a few of 
those used in Great Britain are ring dotterel, sea-lark, and stone plover; and in France, 
blanc-collet (white-collar), grand pluvier 4 collier (big ring-plover), and pluvier 
rebaudet (a free translation would be blessed plover). An American book name is 
European ringed plover. 
276. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius curonicus **). 
Range.—Eastern Hemisphere. Breeds from southern Europe, central Asia, and Japan to northern 
Siberia and northern Europe; winters south to central Africa, India, and the Malay Archipelago; accidental 
in Alaska and California. 
Names.—No vernacular names are known. 
277. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus *"). 
Range.—Eastern North America. Breeds locally from southern Saskatchewan, southern Ontario, 
Magdalen Islands, and Nova Scotia south to central Nebraska, northwestern Indiana, Lake Erie, New 
Jersey (formerly), and Virginia; winters on the coast of the United States from Texas to Georgia, and in 
northern Mexico; casual in migration to Newfoundland, the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and Bermuda. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—None. 
In local use.—Beach-bird (Me., Mass., Long Id., N. Y.); beach-flea, beach plover 
(Long Id., N. Y.); butter-bird (Me.); clam-bird (Mass.); gunwad, little plover (Va.); 
mourning-bird (Mass.); pale ringneck, peep-lo (Mass.); piping plover (Me., Long Id., 
N. Y.); pluvier criard (crying plover) (Que.); ringneck (N.8., R. I., Long Id., N. Y., 
Va., N. C.); stone-runner (Long Id., N. Y.); tee-o (Mass.); white ring-plover (Man.). 
Geographic index.— Me., beach-bird, butter-bird, piping plover; Man., white ring- 
plover; Mass., beach-bird, clam-bird, mourning bird, pale ringneck, peep-lo, tee-o; 
N. Y., beach-bird, beach-flea, beach plover, piping plover, ringneck, stone-runner; 
N. C., ringneck; N. S., ringneck; Que., pluvier criard; R. J., ringneck; Va., gunwad, 
little plover, ringneck, 
BOOK NAMES. 
Belted piping plover, common piping plover, petit pluvier 4 collier (little ring- 
plover), piping ring-plover, ringed piping plover, ring plover, western piping plover, 
white ringneck, 
278, Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus **). 
Range.—Western United States to South America. Breeds from central California, northern Utah, 
and southern Kansas south to northern Lower California and southern Texas; winters from southern 
California and Texas south along both coasts of Central America, and on the west coast to Chile; casual 
in Oregon, Wyoming, Ontario, Louisiana, Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Venezuela, and Brazil. 
3 4 egialitis semipalmata,. 36 4 egialitis dubia. 38 A egialitis nivosa. 
% A egialitis hiaticula, 37 A egialitis meloda, 
