250 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



Genus BARTRAMIA Less. 



121-2(>1-((J40). Bartramia lonjiicaiula {Bechst.). Bartramian Sandpiper; Bar- 

 TKAMiAN Tattler; Field Plover; Ui'land Plover; Praikie Plover. 



Common; April to Sept. reported from Wayne Co. "Lenawee Co."' (A. H. Boies); 

 breeds; "does not breed in Monroe Co."' (Jerome Trombley); "nests on ground in 

 Kalamazoo Co.. eggs four" (Dr. M. Gibbs); E. W. Durfee knows of its breeding in 

 Wayne County; Davie, p. 125, says it is known to breed in several portions of 

 Michigan; nests in May on the ground; eggs four, gray or buff, specked with 

 different shades of brown; excellent table bird. This species is enbraced in Dr. 

 Sager's list of 1839; "common in fall and spring at Port Sanilac, where a few 

 breed, found a nest with four eggs May, 189.3" (W. A. Oldtield). 



Genus TRYNGITES Cab. 



122 262-((>4:l). Tryngites subruficollis (VieilL). Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Admitted doubtfully among Michigan birds by Dr. J. B. Steere; "'rare, only twice 

 taken, Sept. 17, 1875, and Sept. 14. 1872, not yet observed in spring" (Dr. M. 

 Gibbs); rare; migrant; prized for table; "too rare for a game bird" (Prof. Ludwig 

 Kumlein); "taken near Lafayette, Ind., in the spring of 1892" (A. W. Butler). 



Genus ACTITI3 III. 



Spotted Sandpiper, natural sizp. 



123-263-;(>38). Actitis macnlaria (Linn.). * Spotted Sandpiper; Sandpiper; 

 Peet-weet; Spotted Tattler; Wagtail; Tip-up; Teeter Tail. 



Exceedingly abundant; "throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); April to Oct.; 

 •' very common from early spring till late fall, at Port Sanilac, breeds abundantly, 

 found over a dozen nests this spring" (W. A. Oldtield); "abundant in Monroe Co." 

 (Jerome Trombley); " very common summer resident at Mackinac Island " (S. E. 

 White); "very abundant summer resident at Albion, St. Joseph, and Palmer, 

 Marquette Co." (O. B. Warren); "very abundant at Iron Mountain" (E. E. 

 Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds abundantly, nests in April, on the 

 ground, in the garden, field or woodland; eggs four, yellowish white, with spots of 

 muddy brown. The name, Tip-up, comes from the habit of jerking its tail which 

 habit it shares with several other species. "The young are beautiful little things, 

 and run aV)out, soon after hatching, in a very sprightly manner" (L. S. Foster). 



