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TOTANUS SEMIPALMATUS, Lath. 



We have met this species as late as the 10th of June. Not numerous. 



ToTANUS VOCIFERUS, WUs, 



Abundant. Nest in all large marshes. 



*ToTANUS FLAVIPESj Lath. 



Common. 



*ToTANUs soLiTARirs, WUson. 

 Not uncommon. 



ToTANUS MACULARIUS, WilsOll. 



Common. 



*ToTANUs Bartramius, Wilson. 

 Abundant. Nest on the high rolling prairies. 



LiMosA FEDOA, Linn, 



Not an uncommon bird. We saw a pair on a marshy slew near Wisconsin 

 river, June 15th, 18^8, where they were probably nesting. 



LllVIOSA HUDSONICA, Lath. 



We shot a single bird of this well marked species November 1st, 1850. 



Macrorhampus grjseus, Leach. 

 Found sparingly spring and fall. 



Scolgpax Wilsonii, Temm. 

 Common. Nest abundantly with us. 



*RUSTIC0LA MINOR, Vieill. 



The first woodcock noticed in this section was in 1847, since which time they 

 have been rapidly on the increase. 



Recttrvirostra Americana, Linn. 



We saw a pair on a marsh near Fox river, July 26th, 1846, where they had 

 probably nested ; we also met with a small party on the Des Piaine, May, 1847. 



Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill. 



Met a small flock of these singular birds near Racine, April, 1847. 



*NUMEN1US LOXGIROSTRIS, Wilson. 



Common on the large thinly settled prairies. We found them nesting in abun- 

 dance on Sun Prairie, Columbia county ; also within six miles of Ceresco. 



*NuMENius HuDSONicrs, Lath. 



Common spring and fall. We found a few nesting near Fox Lake, June 15th, 

 1848. 



NtJiviENirs borealis, Lath. 



Met with in company with the preceding in early spring and fall. Rare. 



PINNATIPEDES, (2 species.) 



PHALAROPrs fulicarius, Bouap. 



Met with a small flock first of November, 1847. Rare. 



Lobipes Wilsonii, Jardine. 



Not an abundant species. Prof. S. F. Baird shot one near Racine July 15th, 

 1853. Nests sparingly in marshes. 



ANATIDAE, (29 species.) 



*Anser Canadensis, Linn, 



Greatly abundant spring and fall, and not a few remain during the summer to 

 nest. 



Anser hyperboreus, Gmel. 



This species is seen late in the fall in large flocks, numbering sometimes not 

 less than two hundred. 



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