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Stump Lake, Nelson County. Dr. Louis Bishop noted a flock of about a hundred, 

 July 28, 1002. and on July 26. igos, saw llocks of about forty adults and young. Judd, 

 1917. p. i.'^ ; a few pair nested in Towner County. 



Mr. Reid reports that a few breed in sloughs south of McKenzie, Bur- 

 leigh County, each year. Noted June 9, 1921. 



In 1920 godwits were first seen at a mud pond in the Rock Island Mili- 

 tary Reservation on July 21. They were seen at Stump Lake, July 24, and 

 flocks of eight to twelve became common in August at Devils Lake. They 

 fed on the lake beaches as late as August 24, when all were in winter plu- 

 mage. Two were seen on the shore of Creel Bay, Devils Lake, on May 11, 

 1 92 1. It was not noted again until June 3, when a pair were found in a 

 wet marsh near Cando, where they were breeding. 



86. IJmosa hccmastica (Linnceus). Hudsonian Godwit. 



JVDD, IQ17. p. i.^: a fairly common migrant in 1895, first seen April 24. 



There is a specimen in breeding plumage in the Williams Collection, 

 taken at Grafton, May 7, 191 1. An adult female, taken May 15, 1913, at 

 Stump Lake, Nelson County, by Henry V. Williams, is now in the Museum 

 of Zoology Collection. The species seems to be rare in the state. Coues 

 did not see it in 1873, ^^^ I saw none during 1920 and 1921. 



87. Totaiius mclanoleucus (Gmelin). Greater Yellow-legs. 



Baird, 1858, p. 732; one taken at Fort Berthold,, McLean County, in 1856. Allen, 

 1875, p. 66; seen a few times on the Heart River in September. 187.3. CouES, 1878, 

 p. 642 ; not observed until the last week in July ; very abundant in August and Sep- 

 tember throughout the region. Specimens were taken on Mouse River, August 19, 

 2,1, 24, 25, 1873. Judd, 1917, p. 13; fairly common migrant, first arrivals third week 

 in April. Freeman, 1919, p. 12; fairly common, May 5. 



Only one was seen. This was feeding on a mud flat near the Missouri 

 River, at Williston, July 16, 1921. There is a motmted specimen in the 

 Williams Collection taken at Grafton, April 30, 1909, and another, taken 

 there April 19, 1914. 



88. Totanus Havipes (Gmelin). Yellow-legs. 



Coues, 1878, p. 643; very abundant in the Turtle ^Mountains and Mouse River 

 region, August 5. 10, 23, 25, 30. Judd, 1917, p. 13 ; common migrant, arrives in flocks 

 about April 20. 



This was one of the most common waders present on May 3, 192 1, at 

 De\yls Lake, where it lingered until May 17. In 1920 it was first seen July 

 13 at Devils Lake, where flocks of two hundred soon became common. At 

 Lake Upsilon, Turtle Mountains, sixty were counted in a flock August 4, 

 1920. 



89. Helodromas solitarius solitarius (Wilson). Solitary Sandpiper. 

 Baird, 1858, p. 734; one taken at Fort Union, July, 1856, by Dr. Hayden. CouES, 



1878, p. 643 ; occurs in abundance on all pools and water courses of the region during 

 the autumnal migration, and there is reason to believe that some may breed in this 

 latitude. Specimens taken at the Turtle Mountains, August 5, 1873, and Mouse 

 River, August 22, 23, 1873. 



