ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 247 



Genus TRINGA Linn. 



10()-2;i4-(<>'J(>). Triiifja canutus Lmiw. Knot ; Red-breasted Sandpiper ; Robin 



Snipk. 



•'Rare migrant" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "migrant" (Dr. ,J. B. Steere); included in list of 

 Rev. Chas. Fox ; May and September ; small tiocks ; if this bird occur in Michigan, 

 it is very rarely. 



107-2S{)-((>1(> )• Triug-a maciilata Vieill. Pectoral Sandpiper ;" .Jack Snipe; " 



Grass Snipe. 

 Very abundant ; migrant ; "throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); ' very common on 

 Lake Erie in Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); " not rare migrant at St. Joseph and 

 Albion " (O. B. Warren); " taken at Plymouth " (J. B. Purdy); " quite common along 

 marshy creeks of Sanilac county " (W. A. Oldfield); " not rare but decidedly irregular 

 in spring and autumn" (Dr. M. Gibbs); we have taken several here at Lansing ; May 

 and September ; flocks about marshes ; migrant ; good game bird ; feeds extensively 

 on locusts and other insects. 



108-240-(617). Tring-a fiiscicollis Vieill. White-rumped Sandpiper ; Bonaparte's 

 Sandpiper. 

 "Not common north " (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); "breeds far north of us" (Dr. A. 

 K. Fisher); Jerome Trombley reports it not rare about Lake Erie; "migrant at 

 Plymouth" (J. B. -Purdy); "migrant" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "a rather rare, irregular 

 migrant" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "breeds far north" (H. Nehrling). 



109-2-H-(615). Tring-a bairdii (Coues). Baird's Sandpiper. 



This specimen is embraced in Covert's Birds of Michigan, Cabot's Birds of Lake 

 Superior, and is given by Wheaton as a migrant in Ohio. 



llO-242-(614:). Triiiga iiiiuutilla Vieill. Least Sandpiper. 



Common in spring and fall ; April and Sept ; "throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); 

 Jerome Trombley reports it very rare in Monroe Co.; "not rare in Kalamazoo Co." 

 (Dr. M. Gibbs); "rare migrant at St. Joseph and Albion '" (O.B.Warren); "I see it 

 often in flocks in spring and fall in Shiawassee County, about lakes" (Dr. W. C. 

 Brownell); "migrant at Plymovith" (J. B. Purdy); "common at Port Sanilac in 

 spring and fall" (W. A. Oldfield); "migrant in Allegan Co." (S. E. White); Mr. 

 White also reports it a rare migrant at Mackinac Island ; taken by E. E. Brewster, 

 May 24, 1891, at Iron Mountain; "breeds in British America" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); 

 "so far as we know breeds north of the United States" (H. Nehrling); "this and the 

 preceding species breed far north of us" (Prof. J. A. Allen). 



lll-2-l3a-(624 ). Triiig^a alpina pacilica Cones. Red-backed Sandpiper; Black- 

 bellied Sandpiper ; American Dunlin. 

 "Migrant, not common, few taken in spring" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "breeds in Sanilac 

 Co. where female was taken on nest, three eggs and bird now in my collection" 

 (W. A. Oldfield); "one bird taken at Plymouth in the spring of 1891" (J. B. Purdy); 

 "Allegan County, migrating May 2,5, 1891" (S. E. White, O. and O.. Vol. 16, p. 9); 

 •'migrant" (Dr. J. B. Steere); prized for food. 



112-244-(62o ). Triiiga ferrnginea Briinn. Curlew Sandpiper. 



Very rare visitor; one taken by the late D. D. Hughes; reported in the catalogue 

 of Kent Scientific Institute by E. L. Moseley. 



