E. Mass. 1884. 
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3. ySgialites semipalmata. Two obtained by a friend, Oct., i88o. 
Bull. N.O.Oi e, April, 3.881. P.1-1 
Birds of Bristol County , Mass. 
F. W. Andrea. 
uEgialitis semipalmata Bonap., Semipalmat- 
ed Plover. Migrant, not common in spring or 
tall 
O.&O. XII. Sept. 1887 p.139 
Lim ico : ae in Bristol County. 
H. F. Dexter, Dartmouth., Maas. 
Semipalmated Plover JEgialites selmipalmatus. 
Fairly common in spring but does not tarry 
long with us at that season. It has been re- 
ported to breed with us, but the assertion is 
open to doubt. In the fall it occurs in large 
numbers, arriving by the first of August and 
remaining through September. 
- O.&O. XII. Sept. 1887 p.147 
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Shore Birds of Cape Cod. 
John C. Cahoon. 
Semipalmated Plover, JEgialitis semipalmata 
(•Bonap.) “Ring-neck,” on Cape Cod. Acorn 
mon spring and abundant summer migrant 
Arrives from the south in the spring the last o 
April or the first of May, becoming commoi 
about the 21st of May, nearly have passed bt 
June 1st. First comers arrive in the summei 
about the 12th of July, becoming commoi 
by the last of the month, and are most numer- 
ous through the month of August. They be- 
in to decrease about the first of September, 
and by the 2Sth nearly all have taken their 
■ departure. The spring arrivals and the adults 
in the summer and autumn are usually in pairs, 
but when the j 7 oung commence to put in an 
appearance they are seen in small flocks by 
themselves, or in company with the Sandpipers. 
They go on to the mud and sand flats, sand bars 
and low beaches, where they feed on small 
shell fish and marine animals. As soon as the 
tide begins to flow over the flats, they fly to 
the high beaches to roost, in company with 
other Plover and Sandpipers. In the spring 
they are often seen on the salt marshes near the 
shore. There is no doubt but that it bred in 
former years on Monomoy Island in company 
with its paler relative, the Piping Plover, and 
Mr. Samuels, in his Birds of New England , 
speaks of a pair that he found with their nest 
in 1866 on Muskeget, an island oft' the Massa- 
chusetts coast. O.&O. XIII. Oct. 1888 p.155 
