KEYES AND WILLIAMS BIRDS OF IOWA. 12$ 



Genus LIMOSA Brisson. 

 [B 547, R 543, C 62S, U 249.] 

 Limosa fedoa (Linn.). Marbled God wit. Not very common. Fre- 

 quents prairie ponds during migratory periods. 



Genus TOT AN US Bechstein. 



Si bgenus GLOTTIS Koch. 



I IS 539- R 548, C 633, U 254.J 



Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). Greater Yellow-legs. Migratory; 



common during April and September, feeding in small companies on 



low, wet flats adjacent to water-courses. 



[B540, R 549, C 634, U 255. 1 

 Totanus flavipes (Gmel.). Yellow-legs. Migratory; common. Fre- 

 quents the bayous along the rivers, and the muddy borders of prairie 

 ponds. 



Subgenus RHYACOPHILUS Kaup. 

 [B 541, R 550, C 637, U 256.] 

 Totanus solitaries (Wils.). Solitary Sandpiper. Migratory; com- 

 mon. Arrives the middle of April, frequenting the secluded pools in 

 marshy woodlands. Doubtless breeds in the State, but thus far its eggs 

 have not been discovered within its limits. 



Genus SYMPHEMIA Rakinesque. 

 [B 537- R 552, C 632, U 25S.] 

 Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel.). Willet. Migratory; not uncom- 

 mon about the sloughs. 



Genus BARTRAMIA Less in. 

 [B 545, R 555, C 640, U 261.J 

 Bartramia longicauda (Bechst). Bartramian Sandpiper. Summer 

 resident; abundant; frequenting the prairies. Arrives the middle of 

 April. Nidification commences about the middle of May. During 

 the nesting season it is the most solicitous of birds. So fearless is it, at 

 times, that it may be killed with a walking-stick or struck with a whip 

 as it rests upon posts along the roadside. 



Genus ACTITIS Illiger. 

 [B 543, R 557, C 638, U zfr,.] 

 Actitis macularia (Linn.). Spotted Sandpiper. Common summer 

 resident, arriving the middle of April. Nests on the sand-bars along 

 the streams. 



Genus NU MEN I US Brisson. 

 [B 549, R 558, C 643. U 264.] 

 Numenius longirostris Wils. Long -billed Curlew. Migratory: 

 rather common. A few remain during the summer and nest on the 

 open prairies. 



