^GIALITIS HIATICULA. 
Char. Above, rich brown ; forehead and stripe behind the eyes 
white ; crown, cheeks, and collar black, — the collar widest on the breast ; 
patch on wings white; central tail-feathers brown, tipped with white; 
outer feathers mostly white; beneath, white ; bill yellow, tipped with 
black. Length 7^ inches. 
Nest. A cavity among the pebbles of a sea-w'ashed beach, sometimes 
slightly lined with weeds, — occasionally the lining is of small stones about 
the size of peas. 
F,f;gs. Usually 4; dull buff, marked with brownish black; 1.40 X 
1. 00. 
This European bird, known to many of the old country gunners 
as the Ringed Dotterell, and closely allied to our well-known Semi- 
palmated Plover, was found by Kumlien breeding in numbers on 
the western shore of Cumberland Bay. The same observer reports 
it common also at Disco Island, Greenland. It is not known to 
RINGED PLOVER. 
