Auk, XIII, July, 1896, p .%?(>. 
The Belted Piping Plover in Massachusetts.— During a trip to Marsh- 
field, Mass., on April 20, 1896, I started two small Plovers from a sandy 
beach. They were very wild and difficult to approach but after several 
attempts I managed to secure one of them. 
The bird proved to be a male Belted Piping Plover {^gialitis meloda 
c.ircumcincta), the band across the breast being very dark and well 
marked. This is the first time I have met with this bird in the spring, 
although it occasionally occurs during the fall migration. Foster H. 
Brackett, Boston^ Mass. 
