A Revised List of Cincinnati Birds. 183 



here, although it is doubtless a frequent spring and fall migrant on the 

 Ohio and its tributaries. That it has not been more frequently ob- 

 served is probably owing to the lack of attractive feeding grounds in 

 this vicinity. 



191. LiMosA H^MASTiCA,^ Coues. — Hiidsouian Godwit. — Specimens 

 noted from the vicinity of Cincinnati {Wheaton^ Ohio Ag. Kept. 1860.) 



192. ToTAXDS SEMiPALMATUS, Temuiinck. — Semi-palmated Tatler : 

 Willet. — A rare spring and fall migrant. 



193. ToTANUS MELANOLEUcus, VieiUot. — Tell-tale Tatler; Greater 

 YelloiL'-legj. — Spring and fall migrant. Not common. 



194. ToTANOS FLAViPES, YieiUot. — Lesser Yellow-legs. — A common 

 spring and fall migrant. April. May and September. 



195. ToTANrs soLiTARius, Audubon. — Solitary Sandpiper. — A very 

 common migrant in Ma}', August and September. 



196. *TpaxGoiDES macularius, GrVixy.— -Spotted Sandp)iper. — A com- 

 mon summer resident. May 1st to September 30th. 



197. AcTiTLTRDS BARTRAJirus, Bouaparte. — Bartrani's Sandpiper; 

 "■• Upland Plover.-' — Rare spring and fall migrant {Haymond). 



198. NuMExius LoxGiRosTRis, Wilsou. — T^onrj-bUled Curleir. — A rare 

 migrant. Three or four specimens known from this vicinity. 



199. NuMENius BOREALis, Latham. — Esquimaux Curlew. — Specimen 

 taken near Cincinnati in September, 1878 (Shorten). Also recorded 

 from this vicinity by Prof. Kirtlaud, 1838. 



Order Herodiones : Herons, Ibises, etc. 

 Famil}^ Tantalid^: Lbises. 



200. Taxtalus loculator, Linnteus. — Wood Lbis. — One specimen 

 taken on the Whitewater. — Haymond., Ind. Geol. Eept. 1869. 



(See also the writer's " Observations on Cincinnati Birds," Vol. I., 

 p. 117, this Journal, for account of this specimen). 



Familv Ardeid^' : Herons. 



201. f Ardea herodias, Linnaeus. — Great Blue Heron. — Common 

 spring and fall migrant. March, April, August, September and Octo- 

 ber. Breeds commonly in the central and northern portions of the 

 State, and Mr. Dury notes a nest observed bv him in a large sycamore 

 on the Great Miami. 



1 See Birds of the JS^orthwe-it, p. 760, for this nomenclature. 



2 Revised in accordance with Mr. Ridgway's " Studies of the American Herodiones." — 

 Bulletin U. S. Geol. & Geog. Survei/, Vol. -1, No. 1, pp. 219-251. 



