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suitable marshy places, at least during migrations. I have picked 

 up several dead soras which apparently had struck telephone wires 

 or buildings during migration. 



Florida Gallinule (Gallinula galeata). Very rare. I saw one in 

 the " Goosepond " May 11, 1913. My father picked up a young 

 gallinule which was lying dead by the roadside, August 17, 190S. 

 Apparently it had flown into a telephone wire as the skin on its 

 crown plate was broken. 



Coot or Mudhen (Fulica americana). Specimen in the Smith 

 collection. Very abundant during migration, especially at Wall 

 lake and in the " Goosepond." It nests commonly in all suitable 

 marshy places. My first seen dates range from April 3rd to 16th. 



Wilson Phalarope (^teganopus tricolor). Specimen in the Smith 

 collection. A rare migrant. I first identified it on May 9, 1909, 

 in the " Goosepond," the one seen being an adult female. On Sep- 

 tember 3, 1911, I saw a young Wilson phalarope at the inlet of 

 Wall lake. I saw an adult female in the " Goosepond " in the 

 spring of 1916. 



Avocet (Recvrvirostra aviericana). Mr. Harry Colburn of Sac 

 City killed twenty avocets along the Cedar creek in 1894. In the 

 fall of 1914 I saw two birds along the inlet of Wall lake which 

 must have been avocets, but they were so wary that I could not 

 positively identify them, although they were very large shore 

 birds with long legs, very loud call notes and a striking black and 

 white color pattern. 



Wilson Snipe (Gallingo deVcata). Very common in suitable 

 marshy places during migration. My spi-ing migration dates range 

 from April 4th to 23rd for first seen. I flushed one from a small 

 springy creek November 28, 1915. 



Long-billed Dowitcher (Macrorhamphus griseits scolopaceus) . 

 Very rare migrant. I first identified it in the " Goosepond " May 9, 

 1909, seeing one. I also saw one August 8, 1911, rowing my boat to 

 within ten feet of where it probed the muddy shore of the inlet 

 of Wall lake. 



Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama'himantopus). A rare migrant. I 

 saw two in the " Goosepond " May 23, 1915. 



Pectoral Sandpiper (Pisobia mnmilata) . An abundant spring 

 migrant, common fall migrant, frequenting low wet pastures far 

 from any open water, in the fall. My first seen dates in spring 

 range from April 4th to May 4th and I have seen it in the fall 

 from August 6th to September 8th. 



Baird Sandpiper (Pisobia bairdi). A rare migrant which I have 

 identified only once, -on August 23, 1911, at the inlet of Wall lake. 

 I watched that one through eight-power binoculars for fifteen min- 

 utes or more, at distances as close as ten feet. 



