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about 8,ooo feet. The second specimen was taken at Buffalo 

 by West and a third from a pond near Laramie. 



261. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). 

 Bartramian Sandpiper. 

 Probablv a summer resident. Rather common during mi- 

 gration ; but usually confined to valleys and table lands, and 

 never seen above 8,000 feet. Noted only from eastern part of 

 the state. Woods took a specimen on Elk creek. Medicine 

 Bow mountains, Aug. 4, 1857. Williston at Lake Como, May 

 5, 1879. Bond reports them rather common at Cheyenne and 

 has mounted specimens for the Cheyenne high school. There 

 is a single specimen in the University collection. That was 

 taken by Gilmore on the North Fork of Little Medicine, Aug. 

 15, 1897. ^ 



263. Actitis macularia (Linn.). 



Spotted Sandpiper. 

 Summer resident ; common. Breeds in the mountains up 

 to 9,000 feet and possibly higher. In summer time they are 

 usually found scattered about the sub-alpine lakes. Drexel re- 

 ports this species from Fort Bridger, 1858. Allen found them 

 in Wyoming in the summer of 1871. Williston reports them as 

 arriving at Lake Como on May 2nd, but not abundant until 

 the 15th. Bond reports them common at Cheyenne and Jes- 

 urun rather abundant at Douglas. Coues reports this bird 

 from Wind river, Fort Fetterman, North Platte and one gen- 

 eral reference to Wyoming. The University specimens were 

 taken in Carbon county on the 3d and 4th of August, and one 

 specimen was a young bird. 



264. Numenius longirostris Wils. 



Long-billed Curlew. 

 Summer resident ; common. Breeds rather abundantly 

 upon the higher plateaus and lower, mountains. These birds 

 are numerous upon the Laramie Mountains and Plains. Will- 

 iston reports them as common at Lake Como in Tune. West 



