Curious 
<f3. 'S' 
The following brief notes may be of sufficient 
interest for publication in your valuable maga- 
zine, the O. & O. They struck me at the time 
as being instances of what singular places birds 
sometimes choose to breed in. 
The first case was that of a Killdeer Plove r, 
which I found breeding on the railway em- 
bankment at St. Clair, Ont., within two yards 
of the track, where trains were passing very 
often. There were four eggs in the nest, in- 
cubation well advanced. 
G <fcO. XIV. May. 1889 p.77 
Some of my Best Finds to June 8, 1892. 
A-. HL Kibl)6« 
| May 5- Set of four Killdeer. 
Q.& O Vol.17, Sept. 1802 p.133 
Some of my Best Finds to June 8, 1892. 
A,E.Kibbe. 
May io. Set of four Killdeer. 
0.& O Vol.17, Sept. 1892 P.133 
V G. bd^ A Killcleer Plover shot December 25, on Charles River, 
( ** just out of Boston, by W . P. Coues. 
r-/v 
997. The American Killdeer Plover in Cornwall. By Thomas -Cor- 
nish. Ibid., IX, March, 1885, p. H 3 -— - A specimen of AEgiahtis vociferus 
shot at Tresco, in the Scilly Islands, Jan. 15, 1885. giOOlOglB . 
1946. The Killdeer Plover. By E. F. Gamble. QflfegiBt' 3 ExOhs»a ge, V ol»L 7 t».y 
Vot. 3/. a.o- 1736. Massachusetts Killdeer Plover. By Hub. Ibid. , p. 437. jPoS 1 ! & Strs&m. 
Mountain Birds 
of Arizona. 
yEgialitis vociferus. Killdeer. — Breeds in moist places up to 7000 Mearns, 
feet. I cannot recall having seen it above that level. Auk, VII. Jan. 1890. p SZ 
