. Distribution and Migration of North American Shorebirds . 894 (Loring); Indian Head, Saskatchewan,October 2, 1904 (Lang); Aweme, Manitoba, average October 14,latest October 16, 1901 (Criddle); near Fort Pierre, S. Dak., October21, 1855 (Cassin); Fort Sherman, Idaho, abundant September15-20, 1896 (Merrill); Newcastle, Colo., October 5, 1902 (Bishop);Lincoln, Nebr., November 14, 1899 (Wolcott); Lanesboro, Minn.,November 2, 1889 (Hvoslef); southern Iowa, average October 27,latest November 9, 1895 (Currier); Chicago, 111., average October11, latest October 28, 1895 (Blackwelder); English Lake, I
. Distribution and Migration of North American Shorebirds . 894 (Loring); Indian Head, Saskatchewan,October 2, 1904 (Lang); Aweme, Manitoba, average October 14,latest October 16, 1901 (Criddle); near Fort Pierre, S. Dak., October21, 1855 (Cassin); Fort Sherman, Idaho, abundant September15-20, 1896 (Merrill); Newcastle, Colo., October 5, 1902 (Bishop);Lincoln, Nebr., November 14, 1899 (Wolcott); Lanesboro, Minn.,November 2, 1889 (Hvoslef); southern Iowa, average October 27,latest November 9, 1895 (Currier); Chicago, 111., average October11, latest October 28, 1895 (Blackwelder); English Lake, Ind.,November 9, 1891, November 15, 1892 (Butler); Ottawa, Ontario,October 31, 1906 (White); city of Quebec, Canada, November 10,1890 (Dionne); San Jose, Costa Rica, December 15,1890 (Cherrie). The golden plover is one of the shorebirds that has diminishedmost markedly during the last twenty years. Formerly it wasenormously abundant, and many are the accounts of the countlessflocks that passed in an almost continuous stream across the Gulf of • Plati KlLLDEER OXYECHUS VOCIFERUS^. ;. Bfi Si. Lawrence and u t t sen. On tin* it turn up the Missis ippi\;illc\ also the) were abundant. For the ten jean 1895 1904the numbers reported have been so small thai tin- >pc< -ir* seemed inimminent danger of extinction. During 1905 and 1906, bthe species was reported from quite a number of localities, indicathai ai present the comparatively Bmall number of individuals leftare holding their own. The future of the American ..Men plover isin the Iian«Is nl* the sportsmen of the Mississippi Valley. During tinbreeding season the birds arc out of reach of danger from mankind;through tlit* winter their welfare is nt of the control of tin* people ofthe United States; but in spring during their two thousand milejourney up the Mississippi Valley, for from six to eight weeks, greatnumbers are slaughtered, and as a result they have diminished to asmall fraction of their former number
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