22 Norman A. Wood 



Adults and young were seen at Devils Lake on July 30, 1920. The spe- 

 cies was present and seemingly at home at Lake Upsilon, Turtle Mountains, 

 on June 5, 1921. It is evident that it breeds in the lake and mountain regions 

 at least. 



90. Catoptrophoriis semipalmatus inornatus (Brewster). Western Willet. 



CouES, 1878, pp. 641-642; Red River to Rocky Mountains. Breeds in this region. 

 Hoffman, 1882, p. 404; frequent along the sand-bars of the Missouri. Judd, 191 7. 

 p. 13; common summer resident, arrives first week in May. Bailey, 1918, pp. 113-114; 

 family of nearly grown young near Sweetwater Lake, Ramsey County. 



There is a male skin in the Museum of Zoology Collection taken in Ram- 

 sey County, June 5, 1900, by Charles L. Cass. 



Mr. Alfred Eastgate found a nest with eggs in a wet meadow near Bot- 

 tineau in June, 1920. On July 23, 1920, several adults with young were 

 seen at Odessa Narrows. The young were mostly well grown. Fifteen 

 birds were seen on July 27, 1920, at Devils Lake, and it was: common there 

 until August 20. In 1921 the species was first seen on May 12 at Devils 

 Lake, and a few individuals fed on the beaches all of May and June. A. 

 pair were seen in a wet marsh near Cando. June 3, 1921. 



91. Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein). Upland Plover. 



Baird, 1854, p. 738; taken at Fort Union, July, 1855. Allex, 1875, p. 67; very 

 common on the prairies east of the Yellowstone, where it outnumbers all the other 

 Grallae together. CouEs, 1878, p. 644; extremely abundant over all the prairie of 

 the Red River region, where they breed in June. Twenty-six specimens taken at 

 Pembina, June 4 to June 28, 1873, one at the Turtle Mountains, July 23, and one at. 

 Mouse River, August 19, 1873. Abbott, 1880, p. 985 ; says it is one of the most 

 common birds of the prairie. Hoffman, 1882, p. 404; rather common during first 

 three weeks of September. Judd, 1893, p. 382; shot in numbers. Bent, 1901, p. 329; 

 scattered about in pairs nesting in short grass. Reed, 1904, p. 123; set of eggs col- 

 lected June 10, 1897, at Stump Lake, Nelson County, by Alfred Eastgate. Judd,. 

 1917, p. 13; abundant summer resident formerly, but in 1910 the species was uncom- 

 mon, and now only pairs are seen, and they are growing less in numbers very 

 speedily. BaieEY, 1918, p. 112; a few on af strip of prairie near Sweetwater Lake. 



A mounted specimen is in the Williams Collection, taken June 6, 1909,. 

 at Grafton, and there is a pair in the Museum of Zoology Collection taken 

 at Grafton, June 10, 1914, by Henry Williams, Mr. Williams tells me that 

 on the night of September 12, 192 1, he heard a flock passing south overhead. 



I was surprised at the scarcity of this species. In 1920 T saw but four 

 in all the region worked, and in 1921 but three, on June 4, near St. Johns.. 

 It is rapidly becoming more rare. 



92. Tryngitcs subruficoUis (Vieillot). Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Judd, 1917, p. 13 ; a few single birds and! one largei flock were seen the last week 

 in May, 1895. Freeman, 1919, p. 12; one record, September 21. 



93. Actitis macularia (Linngeus). Spotted Sandpiper. 



CouES, 1878, p. 644; summers throughout the region, specimens taken at Pem- 

 bina, June 4, and Mouse River, August 10, 1873. Judd, 1917, p. 15; a rare bird on 

 the prairies, more common near the Turtle Mountains, where it breeds. 



