Order Limicol^. 15 



the last of April to first of May. Begin laying early in June. Nest on the ground 

 in the tall grass at or near the edge of shallow ponds of water; made of the old 

 stems of the grass and lined with the finer leaves of the upland prairie grasses. 

 Eggs, three or four; 1.80x1.30; olivaceous drab to buff, rather uniformly spotted 

 or blotched with varying shades of light to dark brown; in form obovate. 



Genus HIMANTOPUS Bkisson. 



B. 518. R. 567. C. 601. G. — . U. 226. 

 72. Himantopus mexicanus (MiJLL.). Black-necked Stilt. Mr. W. H. Gibson, 

 formerly of Topeka, now of Las Vegas, New Mexico, (Taxidermist,) informs me 

 that he saw three of the birds about the middle of June, 1881, on low, wet ground 

 near the Arkansas river at Lakin. Without doubt the birds occasionally breed 

 in southwestern Kansas. 



Family SCOLOPACIDiE. Snipes, Sandpipers, etc. 

 Genus PHILOHELA Gray. 



B. 522. R. 525. C. 605. G. 240. U. 228. 



73. Philohela minor (Gmel.j. American Woodcock. Occasional summer resi- 

 dent; quite common in migration. Arrive the last of February to middle of 

 March. Begin laying the first of April. Nest on the ground in the timbered 

 lands along the streams and about the ponds, usually under an old log or at the 

 foot of a stump; a loosely constructed nest of old leaves and grasses. Eggs, 

 three or four; 1.60x1.16; grayish to buff -white, irregularly spotted and blotched 

 with various shades of reddish brown and neutral tints; in shape pyriform to 

 oval. 



Genus G-ALLINAGO Leach. 



B. 523. R. 526a. C. 608. G. 241. U. 230. 



74. Gallinago delicata (Okd.). Wilson's Snipe. Migratory; common. Arrive 

 in March to first of April. 



Genus MAORORHAMPHUS Leach. 



B. 525. R. 527a. C. 610. G. 242. U. 232. 



75. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say). Long-billed Dowitcher. Migratory; 

 common. Arrive in Aj^ril. 



Genus MIOROPALAMA Baied. 



B. 536. R. 528. C. 611. G. 243. U. 233. 



76. Micropalama himantopus (Bonap.). Stilt Sandpiper. Migratory; rare. 

 Arrive in April. 



Genus TRINGtA Linn^^us. 



Subgenus TRINGA. 



B. 526. R. 529. C. 626. G. 244. U. 234. 



77. Tring-a canutus Linn. Knot. Migratory; rare. Two specimens shot in the 

 spring of the year at Neosho Falls, by Col. W. L. Parsons, are the only ones, to 

 my knowledge, captured or seen in the State. 



