722 Charles Paul Alexander 



birds which prey .on various stages of the Tipulidae. These records are 

 here arranged according to the latest check Ust of the American Orni- 

 thologists' Union: •'' 



Longipennes: 

 Laridae : 



Larus delawarensis Ord. Ring-billed gull 



L. franklinii Rich. Franklin's gull 



Sterna hirundo Linn. Common tern 

 Anseres: / 



Anatidae : 



Mergus americanus Cass. Merganser 



Anas ■platyrhijnchos Linn. Mallard 



A. nibripes Brewst. Black duck 



Mareca americann (Gmel.). Baldpate 



Nettion carolinense (Gmel.). Green-winged teal 



Dafila acuta (Linn.). Pintail 



Aix sponsa (Linn.). Wood duck 

 Herodiones: 

 Ardeidae: 



Egretta candidissima candidissima (Gmel.). Snowy egret 



Butorides virescens virescens (Linn.). Green heron 

 Limicolae: 



Phalaropodidae : 



Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.). Red phalarope 



Lobipes lobatus (Linn.). Northern phalarope 



Steganopus tricolor Vieill. Wilson's phalarope 

 Recurvirostridae : 



Recurvirostra americana Gmel. Avocet 



Himantopus mexicanus (Miill.). Black-necked stilt 

 Scolopacidac: , 



Philohela minor (Gmel.). American woodcock 



Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson's snipe 



Arquatella maritima maritima (Briinn.). Purple sandpiper 



Pisobia aurita (Lath.). Sharp-tailed sandpiper 



P. maculata (Vieill.). Pectoral sandpiper 



P. bairdii (Coues). Baird's sandpiper 



Limosa fedoa (Linn.). Marbled godwit 



Totanus fiavipes (Gmel.). Yellow-legs 



Heteractilis incanus (Gmel.). Wandering tatler 



Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). Bartramian sandpiper 

 Charadriidae : 



Charadrius dominicus dominicus (Miill.). Golden plover 



Oxyechtis vociferus (Linn.). Killdeer 

 Aphrizidae: 



Arenaria inierpres interpres iLinn.) . Turnstone .' I 



Gallinae: ^ 



Tetraonidae: 



Bonasa umbellus umbellus (Linn.). Ruffed grouse 

 Raptores: „ J 



Buteonidae: • I 



Ictinia mississippiensis (Wils.). Mississippi kite i 



'Check list of North American birds, 3d ed., p. 1-130. American Ornithologists' Union. 1910. 



