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GcuiKs TOTANUS IJechstein. 



72. Totanus melaiioleucus (Gmel.). Greater Yollowlegs. 



Brown saw one at Boeiue ou January 1, and tlirco more during tlie 

 last week of March. " Common at San Antonio during the winter sea- 

 son, until the month of April, after which I saw none" (Dresser). 



73. Totanus flavipes (Gmel). Yellow-legs. 



At San Antonio Dresser shot several of these birds in April and early 

 in Ma}*, but he apparently did not find them common, although they were 

 more abundant than at Matamoras. 



74. Totanus solitarius (Wils). Solitary Sandpiper. 



Brown saw one of these Sandpipers at Boerne on March 25, and dur- 

 ing the mouth of April Dresser often found them about the small pools 

 and on the banks of streams near San Antonio. 



Genus SYMPHEMIA Rafinesque. 



75. Symphemia semipalmata inornata Brewst. Western Willet. 

 Although I have seen no specimens of the Willet from southwestern 



Texas, it is very probable that those occurring there should be referred 

 to the new form described by Mr. Brewster. 



Seunett found the bird common about the margins of Corpus Christi 

 Bay and the mud flats of Laguna Madre up to Ajiril 1, when he left. 



Genus BARTRAMIA Lessox. 



76. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst. ). Bartram's. Sandpiper. 



This bird was observed at Boerne by Brown on March 22, but he sav.- 

 few of them there afterward. " On our journey from Brownsville to 

 San Antonio in September, 1863, we found, on quitting the sand regions 

 and entering into the grass country, the Grass Plovers very abundant. 

 They do not go in flocks but are scattered singly all over the country " 

 (Dresser). 



Genus TRYNGITES Cabanis. 



77. Tryngites subruficollis (Vieill.). BufF-breasted Sandpiper. 



Dresser did not meet with this bird at San Antonio, but Dr. Ileer- 

 inann told him that they were to be found there iu the spring and 

 autumn. 



Genus ACTITIS Illiger. 



78. Actitis macularia (Linn.). Spotted Sandpiper. 



Found abundantly by Dresser, near San Antonio, in September and 

 October. 



Genus NUMENIUS Brisson. 



79. Numenius longirostris Wils. Long-billed Curlew. 



On January 24 I found three of these Curlews feeding in a dry ui)- 

 laud pasture on the outskirts of Corpus Christi, and obtained two of 



