ANDERSON — THK BIRDS Ol" IOWA. 223 



29. 1893, July 14, 24 and 27, 1894; Ma}- 18, 1895, a female in 

 which the ovaries were undeveloped (all in Winnebago county). 

 Dr. C. C. Smith states that it is a " common migrant and po.ssibly 

 a summer resident in Winneshiek count w I have seen it in 

 spring between April 25 and IMay 22, and in sunnner and fall 

 between Jul}- 6 and October 2." Wm. Iv Praeger gives it as a 

 common .sunnner resident in the Keokuk district. 



The Solitary vSandpiper is such an adept at concealing its nest 

 that only one or two nests of eggs have ever been reported in 

 print. It usually utters a low whistle when flushed from its 

 haunts along a shaded stream, and, after alighting, generally 

 raises the wings, displaying the beautifull\- barred axillaries. 



Genus Svmpiie:\iia Rafincsque. 



111. (258). Sj'ii/p/uiiiia soi/ipaiiiiafa {On\€[.). W'illet. 



The Willet is a rather rare migrant in Iowa. It was listed by 

 Allen (White's Geol. of Iowa, 1870, ii, 425). Thomas vSay 

 recorded its arrival at Engineers' Cantonment, Ma}- 6, 1820 

 (Long's Kxp., i. 266-270). Hatch (Hds. of Miiui., 1892, 140) 

 says: "The Willet must breed, in occasional instances, in the 

 most .southern counties, for indi\-iduals are seen there during the 

 summer months. . . . The nests have been found quite remote 

 from water of any kind on the dry prairie .south of the Minne- 

 sota River, and in the bottoms of that river." Kundien and 

 Hollister (Bds. of Wis., 1903, 50) state that: " Some numbers 

 pass up the Mississippi and remain, or at least did, during June 

 in the marshy tracts in the western part of the state, po.ssibly a 

 few nesting." Keyes and Williams (Bds. of Iowa, 1889, 123) give 

 the Willet as "migratory; not uncommon about the .sloughs." 



County records: Lee— "rare migrant, Keokuk district" (Prae- 

 ger). Winneshiek — "rare; reported by Mr. Hall Thomas" 

 (Smith). Woodbury — "uncommon transient: pro])ably 258a" 

 (Rich). 



112. (258a). SvDipIuniia sciiiipalDiata 'uiomata I5rewster. West- 



ern Willet. 

 This subspecies is slightly larger and paler than the eastern 

 form. While nominally a western variety, it has also been found 

 alons: the Atlantic and ("lulf coasts. 



