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126. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. 



Abundant migrant. Rare summer resident in several sections of the 

 State. The migrants usually go south through Waco about the last 

 of October, returning in March. 



127. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. 



Common migrant, very abundant in former years. Winters in the 

 Rio Grands counties. I have observed them as late as May 27 in 

 Midland and Jeff Davis counties. Formerly bred north of the Cana- 

 dian, in the Panhandle. 



128. Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. 



Rare migrant. Recorded from Waco (Strecker) and San Antonio 

 (Dresser). 



129. Numenius borealis. Eskimo Curlew. 



Common migrant through extreme eastern section of the State. 



FAMILY Charadriidae, Plovers. 



130. Spatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. 



Rather common migrant along the coast. (Galveston Island [Sing- 

 ley] and Corpus Christi [Chapman] ). 



131. Charadrius dominicus. American Golden Plover. 



Common migrant, especially along the coast. Reported by the ma- 

 jority of the observers. 



132. Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. 



Abundant resident throughout the State. 



133. Aegia itis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. 



Common migrant. Winters in the coast region. 



134. Aegialitis meloda circumcincta. Belted Piping Plover. 



Rare migrant throughout the eastern section of State. Recorded from 

 Galveston Island by Singley. 



135. Aegialitis nivosa. Snowy Plover. 



Resident on the Gulf coast from Galveston southward. More abun- 

 dant in wmter than in summer. Eggs in Baylor museum from eastern 

 Refugio county. 



136. Octhodromus wilsonius. Wilson's Plover. 



Resident along the coast, breeding abundantly on the islands and 

 beaches. 



