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Skow); "A common migrant and summer resident — breeds in June" (I. S. 

 Trostler). 



221, Fulica americana Gmelin. — Coot; Mud Hen. 



Over entire state, common, breeds (L. Bruner); " often seen in Nebraska " 

 (Aughey); " Migratory, abundant, found in the state from the first of May till 

 the last of September" (Taylor); "The whole of North America" (Goss); 

 Beatrice (A. S. Pearse); Omaha — breeding (L. Skow); Peru, common — breeds 

 (G. A. Coleman); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); O'Neill, Harding (D. 

 H. Talbot); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "Abundant migrant, formerly a com- 

 mon breeder in vicinity of Omaha, still so in Cherry county " (I. S. Trostler). 



Order LIMICOL^.— Shore Birds. 

 Family PHALAROPODID^.— Phalaropes. 



223. Phalaropus lobatus {Linn.). — Northern Phalarope. 



Alda. Nebr. (Bull. No. 2, U. S. Dept. Agric, Div. Ornith.); D. A. Haggard 

 took a specimen at Lincoln in May; "Northern portion of northern hemi- 

 sphere, -south iu winter to Guatemala" (Goss); ''a rare migrant, Omaha" (I. 

 S. Trostler). 



224. Phalaropus tricolor ( Vieill.). — Wilson's Phalarope. 



West Point, Holt county, Fremont, Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Common 

 in eastern Nebraska" ( Aughey j; " Migratory, common, found in the state from 

 last of April till September " (Taylor) ; " Temperate North America, but chiefly 

 in the interior" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Peru, rare migrant (G. A. Cole- 

 man); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); Omaha "' an abundant migrant " 

 (I. S. Trostler); Fullerton, Nance county (C. E. Barker). 



Family RECURVIROSTRIDJE.— Avocets and Stilts. 



225. Recurvirostra americana Gmelin. — American Avocet. 



West Point, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "in the vicinity of ponds, lakelets, and 

 streams" (Aughey); " Migratory, abundant, summer resident rare" (Taylor); 

 "Temperate North America, abundant in the interior" (Goss); Omaha (L. 

 Skow); Cherry county (J. M. Bates); Wood River (D. H. Talbot); "an abundant 

 migrant, breeds in Dewey Lake Township, Cherry county" (L S. Trostler). 



226. Himantopus mexicanus {Midi.). — Black-necked Stilt. 



Omaha (L. Skow); Omaha, "an occasional visitor, never common" (I. S. 

 Trostler). 



Family SCOLOPACID.ai.— Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 

 228. Philohela minor {Gmelin). — American Woodcock. 



West Point, Omaha (L. Bruner); "Occasionally seen in Nebraska, and 

 breeds here" (Aughey); "Migratory, somewhat common; summer resident 



