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saj'S that the late Joseph Krowu of Norway, Iowa, had a breeding- 

 record for Benton county. Mr. I^)rown's daughter, Miss Nina 

 Brown, writes: "My father has in his collection a set of four 

 Least Sandpiper eggs of his own taking. There is no date with 

 them and his book of field notes is lost, so the exact date and 

 locality, etc., is undeterminable." 



Genus Pelidna Cuvier. 



102. (243a). Pclidiia alpiiia Sakhalin a (\'ieillot). Red-breasted 



Sandpiper. 



This species does not appear to be common an}- where in Iowa. 

 J. A. Allen lists it (White's Geol. of Iowa, ii, 425), and John Kri- 

 der states that he "found it in September in Iowa, in large flocks" 

 (Forty Years" Notes, 1S79, 64). Kumlien and Hollister state that 

 it is a "very abundant migrant in May, along Rock River. . . . 

 We saw in May, 1899, fifty-three individuals killed by the dis- 

 charge of a double-barrelled shot-gun. In September and Octo- 

 ber it is much less common, except along Lake Michigan" (Eds. 

 of Wis., 1903, 47). P. E. Peabody describes myriads of waders 

 at Heron Lake, Minn., May 19, 1894, the Red-backed Sandpipers 

 ever}' where, outnumbering all others five to one (Ool., xii, i, 

 1S95). J.P^.Law shot a pair May 26, 1896, at Bear Lake, Minn., 

 just across the state line from Winnebago county. 



County records: Linn — "rare migrant" (Berry). Lee — "rare, 

 Keokuk district" (Praeger). Polk — "rare" (John.son). Pottawat- 

 tamie — "rare migrant" (Trostler). Woodbury — " unconnnon 

 transient" (Rich). 



Genus Kreunetes Illiger. 



103. (246). E)r7t)uiiis pnsil/iis (Linn.). Semipalmated Sand- 



piper. 

 The little Semipalmated Sandpipers are common migrants in 

 Iowa, usuall}' in company with the Least Sandpipers. The spring 

 migration is in May and the fall migration from the latter part of 

 July until October. In W^innebago county I shot specimens on 

 July 29 and 31, 1893, and in the I'niversity museum there are 

 specimens taken at Burlington by Paul Bartsch on August 25 and 

 October 15. On May 15, 1897, I picked up a crippled specimen 

 under a rural telephone wire in Hancock county. A few observ- 



