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Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. — Abundant migrant. April 

 1 to 29; September 20 to November 2. 



Actodromas maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. — Abundant migrant. 

 April 11 to May 20; September 17 to 27. 



Actodromas minutilla. T.east Sandpiper. — Rare migrant. May 20, 

 1890; May 11, 1891. 



Helodromas solitarius.. Solitary Sandpiper. — Abunlant migrant. 

 April 25 to May 7; September 3 to October 10. 



Bartramia longicauda. Bartramian Sandpiper. — Rare summer res- 

 ident. One seen April 26, 1892. Female ready to lay in a day or 

 two shot May 11, 1890. No fall records. 



Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — Common summer resi- 

 dent. April 26 to September 13. 



Charadrius dominicus. American Golden Plover. — Rare migrant. 

 On October 24, 1889, one was found early in the morning lying dead 

 under a 100-foot electric tower. 



Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. — Not common summer resident. 

 March 12 to October 19. 



Colinus virginianus. Bob-white. — Common resident. A great in- 

 crease since 1900. 



Tympanuchus americanus. Prairie Hen. — Tolerably common resi- 

 dent. Nest containing one addled egg and shells of seven recently 

 hatched eggs found in tall slough grass on June 9, 1888. 



Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. — Abundant summer resi- 

 dent. Occasionally winters. March 21 to October 19. Eggs found 

 as early as April 12. 



Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Rather rare. Seen only in 

 the fall. September 20 to November 2. 



Accipiter cooperii. Cooper Hawk. — Common resident, but more 

 often seen in the fall. Four eggs, May 7, 1892; three eggs, May 

 9, 1891. 



Buteo boreal is. Red-tailed Hawk. — Common resident. 



Buteo platypterus. Broad-winged Hawk.^ — Tolerably common in 

 spring; rare in fall. April 21 to May 21. One seen September 26, 

 1891. 



Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. American Rough-legged 

 Hawk.^Tolerably common winter resident. 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. — Rare straggler. Seen at 

 every season of the year. None breed in the county Lo my knowl- 

 edge. 



Faico sparverius. American Sparrow Hawk. — Tolerably common 

 summer resident. March 25 to October 12. 



Asio wilsonianus. American Long-eared Owl. — Tolerably common 

 summer resident. Colonies of a dozen or more winter together in 

 evergreens in the cemeteries. Nest with five eggs, April 12, 1890. 



