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1892, but a small remnant of this formerly abundant bird has visited 
the shores. 
It is possible that the sudden falling off in the numbers of this 
Curlew may have been because they were overwhelmed by a storm 
in their long ocean trip to the Antilles, but it is evident that the con¬ 
stant persecution to which they were subject was largely responsible 
for their decrease. It is apparent that they are now a vanishing race 
— on the way to extinction. 
Squatarola squatarola (Linn.). 
Black-bellied Plover; “Grey Plover” (Cartwright). 
Common transient visitor. 
Audubon found some young birds in southern Labrador in the 
beginning of August; Stearns reported it as “common in spring and 
fall.” It was not observed in the Ungava district by Turner, but 
Weiz reported it from Okkak. 
Charadrius dominicus Miill. 
American Golden Plover. 
Uncommon autumn transient visitor. 
Packard says it “occurs in fall only, at Koksoak. Common on 
south and west coasts.” Weiz observed it at Okkak. Coues says it 
appeared in small flocks the last of August, and Bigelow found it “not 
common. Several flocks, mostly young birds, after August 22.” 
Aegialitis semipalmata Bonap. 
Semipalmated Plover; Ring-neck. 
Common summer resident; May to September. 
The Ring-neck is found throughout the length and breadth of 
Labrador, breeding all along the coastline and on the outlying islands, 
as well as on the shores of lakes in the interior. Audubon, Coues, 
Stearns, Brewster, and Palmer found it on the southern coast. Coues, 
Weiz, and Bigelow found it on the eastern coast. Turner found it 
