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ajid nested in various localities in the state. Of late years it has 

 become very rare. Keyes and Williams j^ive it as " migratory, 

 not ver)^ common. Frequents prairie ponds during migratory 

 periods" (Bds. of Iowa, 1889, 123). "Very common at Lake 

 Mills, Iowa" ( Krider, /'ores/ and Slirani, i, 15, 1873, 235) 

 "Seen occa.sionally in spring only" (Decatur and Mahaska 

 counties ; Trippe, Proc. Bost. Soc, xv, 1872, 241). "A set of 

 four eggs taken April 29, 1878, from a nest on a marsh at Oak- 

 land \'alley, Iowa" (Goss, Birds of Kan., 187). J. W. Preston 

 found the species breeding in Kossuth county in the early '8o's 

 (O. & O., xviii, 1893, 82), and it was also reported by Mr. Preston 

 as " breeding at Clear Lake, Iowa" (Cooke, Bird Migr. in Miss. 

 Val., 1884-85, 94). 



County records: Boone — "migrant, quite rare" (Henning). 

 Lee — " scarce migrant; Keokuk district " (Praeger). Mills-Pot- 

 tawattamie — "rare migrant" (Trostler). Sioux — "tolerably 

 common summer resident at Llawarden in 1890" (Berry). Web- 

 ster — "occasional" (Somes). Winnebago — formerly summer res- 

 dent, now XQvy rare migrant. J. I^. Law saw two flocks of seven 

 each over the state line at Bear Lake, Minn., Ma}- 27, 1896, and 

 shot three for identification (Anderson). 



The species is conspicuous among the waders on account of its 

 .size and reddish color. When alighting, the bird has the habit 

 of raising the wings over the back as it touches the ground. 



107. (251). LiDiosa licojiaslica (Linn.). Hudsonian God wit. 

 This species is even rarer in Iowa than the preceding and there 



are only a few records. 



County records: Blackhawk — ' ' a rare spring migrant in Black- 

 hawk county, where .several specimens have been taken " (Peck). 

 Linn — "rare migrant" (Berrj-)- Monona — Mus. No. 17094, shot 

 by D. H. Talbot at Blue Lake, May 7, 1884. Webster — " rare; 

 three killed from a small flock by Earl Black in spring of 1897 " 

 (Somes). Woodbury — " rare transient " (Rich) ; Mus. No. 17093, 

 in Talbot collection, taken at Sioux City by J. P\ Baker (no date). 



Genus Totanus Bechstein. 



108. (254). ToUdihs Dieiaiiolcui-us {QraeX.). Greater Yellow-legs. 

 The Greater Yellow-legs is a fairly connnon migrant in nearly 



all parts of the state, and abundant in .some localities. It is found 



[Proc. D .\. S, Vou. .\l.l 31 [Oct. 13, 1906.] 



