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Genus GALLINAGO Leach. 



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Wilson's Snipe, reduced, 



l(H-230-(60S). (xaliiuago delicata (0/-d). * Wilson's Snipk: .Jack Snipp:; American 

 Snipe. 

 Common in April and October; throughout the state; not very rare in summer 

 reported in Presque Isle and Muskegon Couaties: -'Mackinac Island" (S.E.White) 

 "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); said to breed; "found breeding once" (Dr. M. Gibbs) 

 nests on the ground, in May; eggs four, colors as above; prized as a game bird; •' I 

 have seen it, but only as a migrant " (Dr. W. C. Brownell); somewhat gregarious; this 

 bird, according to Butler, is known as English Snipe. Jack Snipe. Common Snipe and 

 Gutter Snipe. 



Genus MACKORHAMPHUS Leach. 



l02-232-(610). Macrorhanipliiis scolopaceiis {Scvj). Red-breasted Snipe; Gray 

 Snipe; Gr.wback; Gray-backed Snipe; Long-billed Dowitcher; Dow- 



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Migrant; ''a small flock was seen in Kalamazoo county May 21, 18S8 " (Dr. M. 

 Gibbs); " occasionally seen in Hillsdale and Lenawee counties" (A.H.Boies); doubt- 

 fully given as a Michigan migrant by Dr. J. B. Steere; " Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); 

 Prof. Ludwig Kumlein writes me that it breeds in the Northern Peninsula; Davie, p. 

 Ill, states that this species breeds on the border of Lake Superior and north; small 

 flocks about marshes; excellent table bird. 



Genus MICROPALAMA Baird. 



103-233-((>ll). Micropalama hiinantopus (Bonap.). Stilt Sandpiper. 



"Not rare some seasons near large bodies of water and occasionally taken in the 

 interior " (Dr. M. Gibbs): Dr. J. B. Steere gives it as a doubtful Michigan migrant; 

 " Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); Prof. Ludwig Kumlein writes me that it breeds in the 

 Northern Peninsula, which seems hardly probable. "Was taken near Lafayette. Ind.. 

 in spring of 1892; first Indiana record" (A. W. Butler). 



Genus TRINGA Linn. 



104-234-(626). Tringa eanutiis Linn. Knot; Red-breasted Sandpiper; Robin 

 Snipe. • 

 " Rare migrant " (Dr. M. (libbs); "migrant" (Dr. J.B. Steere): included in list of 



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