Limicolae in Bristol County. 
H. P. Dexter, Dartmouth, Mass. 
Piping Plover, JEgialites melodus. More of- 
ten observed in spring than the foregoing. A 
single instance of their breeding is given, a 
nest found on a small island off the coast, June 
1883. In the autumn it is quite abundant at 
times, disappearing by the first of October. 
O.&O. XII. Sept. 1887 p.147 
Birds of Bristol County , Mass. 
F. W. Andros. 
jEgialitis meloda (Ord.), Piping Plover. 
Summer resident, common. Breeds. 
o &0. XII, Sept. 1837 p.139 
v afcor Biros, Nantucket, Mass. 
■ eor ge H. Ma ck ay. 
General Notes. 
JEgialitis meloda. — May i, 1892, I saw one Piping Plover on the beach 
at the south head of the Hummuck Pond. On March 29, 1891, I saw one 
at the same place. 
Auk 9 , July, 1392. p.SOQ 
General Notes, 
5 walking along the shore of Muskeget Island, 
ung Plover and heard it whistle. On the 29th 
the first. These dates are earlier than I have 
Auk X. Oct, 1893 p 370. 
