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19. Inner web of outer primary speckled with blackish.............. 
TER eras 2s tO Ie aie AME ee AY ea TaTE Sw .Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 
19: Inner web of outer primary not speckled..............:......0.%. (20) 
BUI MAOVEr nO NUMRECS LOOPS h 5 tah eh n ts nic Pea orate Knot. 
Ae Mn eto ICM eS LONE: .. 0 weraeives So aciten cae eee take (21) 
2a, Billscurved downwards. . is... oes eee anes -Red-backed Sandpiper. 
Pee SNS es nh a aR a ge A ec a ge Ot (22) 
22 bill over er inches lome so... ed Se Purple Sandpiper. 
Poe st UG er | menCHeS LOMP ses aah. sn ad hee Leis eeh cha 6 eC 
25... Wing-under 4 inches long. i... v2... cos. oes oe soy, beast, Sandpiper. 
2a. Wing over 4 ches long yey... oi ..o2 asst wae on . (24) 
24. Upper tail-coverts ernie Be oo. Ua ote Eyre nnaiped ‘Goudpiper, 
Zt Upper Gail-ecoverts: black a. .< 5505 1os bo dices Pectoral Sandpiper. 
24. Upper tail-coverts fuscous.. ... 0)... 00.6.0... Baird Sandpiper. 
228. *Philohela minor (Gmelin)—Woopcock. - 
A rare migrant in the extreme eastern part of the state, breeding 
occasionally along the bottomlands of the Missouri river and other 
wooded streams flowing into it. Omaha, West Point, and Sarpy and Otoe 
counties; stragglers reported from Beatrice and Lincoln, and even as 
far as Neligh. Arrives late in March and leaves in October. May 
winter in mild seasons. 
230. Gallinago delicata (Ord)—WILSoN SNIPE. 
A very common migrant throughout the state and found in winter 
about springs in Holt, Cherry, Dawes, and Sioux counties, and along 
the Missouri river. It may possibly breed in northern Nebraska, 
as is claimed by some ranchmen, since it is reported staying all sum- 
mer at North Platte by M. K. Barnum, was seen in Cherry county 
by Trostler late in June, 1895, and in the same region in June, 1900, 
by J. S. Hunter. Migrates during the latter part of April and in 
May, and again from the end of September to the middle of November. 
231. Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmelin)—DowirTcHEmr. 
Specimens which were referred to this species have been reported 
from West Point, Lincoln, and Omaha, by Bruner; from Omaha by 
Skow and Trostler, April 30, 1893 and Sept. 15, 1894; from Neligh 
by Cary, May 16, 1899; from Cherry county by Bates; and from 
Lincoln by August Hiche, in whose collection is a specimen with a bill 
only 2.25 inches long. Aughey’s records of this species probably 
refer to the next. It is ‘claimed by many authorities that the 
Dowitcher is only found in the eastern states and that all western 
specimens represent simply variations of the Long-billed Dowitcher. 
So long as the authorities are not unanimous these records are al- 
lowed to stand for what they are worth. The two species differ in 
color in the breeding plumage but in the winter plumage are in- 
distinguishable. 
