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251. Limosa hsemastica (i^mw.). — Hudsonian Godwit. 



West Point, Oakland, Lincoln, Holt county (L. Bruner); "Probably occa- 

 sionally found in May" (Taylor); "Nearly the whole of America" (Goss). 



254. Totanus melanoleucus (G^^Jie^)- — Greater Yellow-legs. 



West Point, Norfolk, Neligb, Holt county — breeds, Lincoln, Omaha (L. 

 Bruner); "Abundant in Nebraska" (Aughey); " Migratory, common, arrives 

 in April, May, September, and October" (Taylor); "Nearly the whole of Amer- 

 ica" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Peru, rare — breeds (G. A. Coleman); Cherry 

 county (J. M. Bates); Omaha, "a common migrant" (L S. Trostler). 



255. Totarms flavipes (Gme/.).— Yellow-legs. 



West Point, Holt county, Lincoln, etc. (L. Bruner); abundant in Nebraska 

 (Aughey); "Migratory, abundant, arrives in April, September, and October " 

 (Taylor); "The whole of North America" (Goss); Beatrice (A. S. Pearse) ; 

 Omaha (L. Skow); Peru, common migrant (G. A. Coleman); Cherry county — 

 breeds (J. M. Bates); Gage county (F. A. Colby); Omaha, "an abundant mi- 

 grant" (L S. Trostler). 



256. Totanus solitarius ( TF^/s.).— Solitary Sandpiper. 



West Point, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Only seen in Nebraska during its migra- 

 tions" (Aughey); "Migratory, abundant; summer resident, common ; arrives 

 in April" (Taylor); " The whole of temperate North Xmerica " (Goss); 

 Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); Pouca (D. H. Tal- 

 bot); Omaha, "a common migrant" (I. S. Trostler). 



258a. Symphemia seMipalmata inornata Brewster.— We^terk 

 Willet. 



West Point, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Probably not uncommon in the state" 

 (Taylor); "Western North America, east to the Mississippi valley" (Goss); 

 Omaha (Skow) ; Cherry county— breeds (J. M. Bates); "a common migrant and 

 probably a summer resident in the lake region of north and northwest Ne- 

 braska" (L S. Trostler). 



261. Bartramia longicauda (5ecAs^.).— Bartramian Sand- 



piper; Field Plover. 



Greater portion of state— breeding (L. Bruner); exceedingly abundant in 

 Nebraska " (Aughey); " Migratory, abundant; summer resident, common; ar- 

 rives in May and September " (Taylor); " Eastern and central North America " 

 (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt— breeding (A. S. Pearse); Omaha— nesting (L. 

 Skow); Peru, rare— probably breeds (G. A. Coleman); Cherry county— breeds 

 (J. M. Bates); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "a very common migrant and not 

 uncommon resident, very common in Cherry county in late June, 1895 (L S. 

 Trostler). 



262. Tringites subruficollis ( FieiY/.)— Buff-breasted Sand- 



piper. 



West Point (L. Bruner); " Rare in Nebraska,— Nebraska City" (Aughey); 

 " Migratory, rare, arrives in May and September " (Taylor) : "North America 



