Catalogue of British Columbia Birds by Francis Kermode
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page 41 of 124 (33%)
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Abundant during migrations along the coast. Brooks has taken it at
Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 125. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. _Charadrius dominicus_ (Mull.). Common on the coast during migrations. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it common at Metlakatla. W. B. Anderson has taken it at Port Simpson. AEGIALITIS Boie. 126. KILLDEER PLOVER. _AEgialitis vocifera_ (Linn.). Found throughout the Province; occasionally on the coast in winter. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 127. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. _AEgialitis semipalmata_ (Bonap.). Not common. I took two specimens on the West Coast, Vancouver Island--one at Ucluelet, April 28th, 1894, the other at Clayoquot, May, 1894. A. H. Maynard shot one at Cadboro Bay, Victoria. Family APHRIZIDAE. Surf-birds and Turnstones. |
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