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in general, especially the interior" (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt (A. S. Pearse); 

 Omaha (L. Skow) ; Lincoln (D. A. Haggard); Gage county (F. A. Colby). 



263. Actitis macularia (Linn.). — Spotted Sandpiper. , 



West Point, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Rather common in Nebraska, especially 

 during its migrations ' (Aughey) ; "Migratory, common; summer resident, 

 probably rare; arrives in May and September" (Taylor); " North America in 

 general" (Goss); Beatrice (A. S. Pearse); Omaha — breeding (L. Skow); Peru, 

 common — breeds (G. A. Coleman): Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); Gage 

 county (F. A. Colby); Omaha, "an abundant migrant, and an occasional sum- 

 mer resident" (I. S. Trostler) 



264. Numenius longirostris Wils. — Long-billed Curlew. 



West Point, Holt county, Omaha — breeding in Holt county (L. Bruner); 

 "Formerly abundant in Nebraska — breeds here" (Au;ihey); "Migratory, 

 common; summer resident, rare; arrives in April and September" (Taylor); 

 "The whole of temperate North America" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry 

 county — breeds (J. M. Bates); "A common migrant, and saw young just 

 hatched in Cherry county June 22, 1895" (L S. Trostler). 



265. Numenius hudsonicus Lath. — Hudsonian Cueleav. 



West Point, Holt county (L. Bruner); "Rare in Nebraska" (Aughey); 

 "Nearly the Svhole of North America, breeds from northern Dakota to the 

 Arctic coast " (Goss) ; Omaha (L. Skow). 



266. Numenius borealis (ForsL). — Eskimo Curlew. 



Omaha, West Point (L. Bruner), " in northe^tern Nebraska during its mi- 

 grations" (Aughey); " Migratory, abundant, arrive in April, May, and Octo- 

 ber" (Taylor); "Northern and eastern North America" (Goss); Cherry county 

 (J. M. Bates); "A common migrant" (L S. Trostler). 



Family CHARADRIIDiE.— Plovers. 

 270. Charadrius squatarola (Xmn.).— Black-bellied Plover. 



Lincoln (L. Bruner); " Occasionally seen in Nebraska" (Aughey); Lincoln 

 (A. Eiche); "Migratory, rare" (Taylor); "Nearly cosmopolitan" (Goss); 

 Omaha (L. Skow); Alliauce, Atkinson (.J. M. Bates); Omaha, "a not common 

 migrant" (I. S. Trostler). 



272. Charadrius dominicus JV /*//.— Golden Plover. 



West Point, Norfolk, Holt county, Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Have only 

 seen this plover pass through Nebraska during its migrations" (Aughey); 

 "Migratory, abundant, arrives in April, May, September, and October" (Tay- 

 lor); "Nearly the whole of America" (Goss); Genoa (D. H. Talbot); "A com- 

 mon migrant" (I. S. Trostler). 



273. ^gialtis vocifera (Lmn.).— Killdeer. 



Common throughout the state — breeds (L. Bruner); "Sparingly present in 

 Nebra.ska" (Aughey); "Summer resident, abundant, arrive in April, May, 



