246 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



gray, specked and spotted with dark brown; esteemed as a game bird; taken at 

 the College, October 30, 1892. 



Genus GALLINAGO Leaoh. 



Wilson's Soipp, reduced. 



l03-230-((>08). i^alliuago delicata (Ord.). * Wilson's Snipe; Jack Snipe; 

 American Snipe. 



Common in April and October; throughout the state; not very rare in summer; 

 reported in Presque Isle and Muskegon Counties; "taken at Port Sanilac, but 

 is not known to breed" (W. A. Oldfield); "rare migrant at Mackinac Island 

 where I killed one September 17, 1889 "' (S. E. White); " Keweenaw Point " 

 (Kneeland); said to breed; "found breeding once" (Dr. M. Gibbs); nests on the 

 ground in May; eggs four, colois as above; prized as a game bird; "I have 

 seen it but only as a migrant" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); "common migrant at St. 

 Joseph and Albion " (O. B. Warren); somewhat gregarious; this bird, according 

 to Butler, is known as English Snipe, Common Snipe and Gutter Snipe. 



Genus MACRORHAMPHUS Leaoh. 



104 232-(()lO). 3Iacrorliain|)hiis scolopaceus {Say). Red-Breasted Snipe; Gray 

 Snipe; Grayback; Gray-backed Snipk; Long-billed Dowitcher; Dowitcher. 



Migrant; "a small flock was seen in Kalamazoo County May 21, 1888" (Dr. 

 M. Gibbs); "occasionally seen in Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties" (A. H. Boies); 

 doubtfully given as a Michigan migrant by Dr. J. B. Steere; "Keweenaw Point" 

 (Kneeland); Prof. Ludwig Kumiein writes me that it breeds in the Northern 

 Peninsula; Davie, p. Ill, states that this species breeds on the border of Lake 

 Superior and north; small flocks about marshes; excellent table bird. 



Genus MICROPALAMA Baiud. 



l05-233-(Bl 1). Micropalaiiia hiinantopiis (fiona^j.). Stilt San'oi'ipek. 



"Not rare; some seasons near large bodies of water and occasionally taken in 

 the interior" (Dr. M. (Jibbs); Dr. J. B. Steere gives it as a doubtful Michigan 

 migrant; "Keweenaw Point (Kneeland); Prof. Ludwig Kumiein writes me that 

 it breeds in the Northern Peninsula, which seems hardly probable. " Was taken 

 near Lafayette. Ind., in spring of 1892; first Indiana record" (A. W. Butler). 



